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"419" Scam – Advance Fee / Fake Lottery Scam

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Victims never receive this non-existent fortune but are tricked into sending their money to the criminals, who remain anonymous. They hide their real identity and location by using fake names and fake postal addresses as well as communicating via anonymous free email accounts and mobile phones.

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Some comments by the Scam-O-Matic about the following email:

• An email address listed inside this email has been used in a known fraud before.
• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "dear friend" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "cotonou" (a location commonly mentioned in 419 scams)
• This email message is a "New Partner from Paraguay" scam.
• This email lists free webmail addresses. Use of such addresses is typical for scams. Lotteries, banks and any but the smallest of companies do not normally use such addresses. Criminals use them to anonymously send and receive email at Internet cafes.
  • fred_lafond1@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "mrs sandra thomas" <mrs_sandra_thomas2@ig.com.br>
Date: Sat, 12 Jul 2008 18:19:11 +0200
Subject: Now contact my secretary


Dear Friend,


I am happy to inform you about my success in getting those funds
transferred under the cooperation of a new partner from London.


Presently I am in London for investment projects with my own share of the
total sum.
meanwhile, I didn't forget your past efforts and attempts to assist me in
transferring those funds despite that it failed us some how.


Now contact my secretary in Cotonou Benin republic his name is Mr Fred
lafond and email address :( fred_lafond1@yahoo.com ) and ask him to send
you the total of $950.000 which I kept for your compensation for all the
past efforts and attempts to assist me in this matter.


I appreciated your efforts at that time very much.
so feel free and get in touched with my secretary Fred lafond and instruct
him where to send the amount to you.


Please do let me know immediately you receive it so that we can share the
joy after all the sufferness at that time, in the moment, I am very busy
here because of the investment projects which me and the new partner are
having at hand, finally, remember that I had forwarded instruction to my
secretary he will send the amount to you without any delay.


Thanks and God bless you.

From Mrs sandra Thomas

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