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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:
  • "cotonou" (a location commonly mentioned in 419 scams)
• This email message is a "New Partner from Paraguay" scam.
• This email lists mobile phone numbers. Use of such numbers is typical for scams because they allow criminals to conceal their true location. They can receive calls in an Internet cafe from where they send you emails, while pretending to be in some office.
  • +22993421787 (Benin, probably a prepaid mobile phone)
• 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.
  • johnusman2008@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "princecharles07 Gazeta.pl" <princecharles07@gazeta.pl>
Reply-To: p_charles2008@yahoo.com
Date: Mon, 21 Jul 2008 17:45:58 +0100
Subject: Hello My Good Friend/Your Reward,


*Hello My Good Friend/Your Reward,*

*I am Prince Charles,I'm happy to inform you about my success in getting
those&nbsp; funds transferred under the cooperation of a new partner from
brazil, Now I'm Presently in brazil 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, Please contact my secretary in Cotonou Benin Republic, His Name
Phone
And Email Address is stated below.
Mr John Usman
Email: **johnusman2008@yahoo.com* <johnusman2008@yahoo.com>
*Phone:+229-9342 1787

Ask him to send you the total of $1.2 Million USD 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, Feel free and get in
touched with my secretary Mr John Usman and instruct him where to send the
amount to you. You are to forward to him, the following: *

*Kindly reconfirm to him the following below information:-
Your full name_________________________
Your address__________________________
Your country___________________________
Your age______________________________
Your occupation________________________
Your cell phone ______________________*

*I am doing this to make sure that this business will not leake,Please do
let me know immediately you receive it so that we can share the joy after
all we have suffered at that time.*

*At the moment, I am very busy here because of the investment projects
program which the new partner and i are having at hand, finally, Remember
that I had forwarded instruction to the secretary on your behalf to receive
that money, So feel free and get in touch with Mr John Usman he will send
the amount to you without any delay, Note that if you did not send him the
above information complete, He will not release the certified international
bank draft to you because he has to be sure that it is you.*

*Yours Faithfully,
Prince Charles
H.D.NTT Company*

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