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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)
• 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.
  • kc4godsinspiration@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "DR.MICHAEL JEFF" <dr.michaeljeff8@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 16 Jul 2008 12:44:35 +0100
Subject: COMPENSATION FOR YOUR GODLY HELP.


COMPENSATION FOR YOUR GODLY HELP.
Dear Friend,


This is to inform you about my success in getting the money moved under the
cooperation of a new partner from United Kingdom.Presently I am in United
Kingdom investing my own part of the money Meanwhile,I do not forget your
past efforts and attempts to assist me on moving the cash despite the delay
and failure we encountered during that period. God later proves his
unchanging word through the help of my new partner in United Kingdom so I
did not forget all your efforts and commitment to ensure my success so below
is the token highlighted as a sense of appreciation. Perhaps, you are to
contact my secretary Mr KC Davis Esquire through his private email ID; (
kc4godsinspiration@yahoo.com) because he was well informed by me about your
(US$850,000.00) in a Certificate Bank Draft which I kept for your
compensation concerning your splendid and God minded heart to assist me on
that matter. I appreciated your efforts at that time very much.


You are hereby advise to contact my secretary Mr KC DAVIS and instruct him
where to send the money to you. Please do let me know immediately you
receive it so that we can share the joy after all the suffering at that
time. in the moment, I am very busy here investing with my new partner
.Finally, I have forwarded instruction to my secretary to send the
Confirmable Bank Draft to you, so feel free get in touch with Mr KC DAVIS
and he will send the Draft to you without any encumbrances.so make sure that
you contact him immediately with your contact addres where you want him to
send your bank draft.Please kindly send your reply to him with the Above
highlighted email address as I may not be chance to regularly check my
mailbox now.meanwhile, I would have love to coordinate this by my goodself
but I have written you on accasional basis but didn't receive from you
either so feel free contact Him as you were narrated to enable him enhance
the earliest delivery of your parcel



Best Regards,
Dr. Michael Jeff.

Anti-fraud resources:

• What can you do when you receive 419 spam