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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)
  • "courier company" (Courier companies mentioned in 419 scams are always fake. They will have you send money to them, but won't deliver anything. )
• 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.
  • stimotony1@yahoo.fr (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "cos ben24" <cosben24@me.by>
Date: Mon, 21 Jul 2008 20:57:12 +0200
Subject: Now contact my secretary


Dear Friend,

Longest time, i hope all is well together with your family,if so glory be to
God almighty.Well,Sorry to hear this news and understand that the
fault is not from me.I'm happy to inform you about my success in getting
those funds transferred under the cooperation of a new partner from
paraguay.
Presently i'm in Paraguay for investment projects with my own share of
total sum.meanwhile, i didn't forget your past efforts and attempts to
assist me intransferring this funds despite that it failed us some how.
Now contact my secretary in Benin his name is Mr STIMO TONY on his
e-mail address stated below:----------(stimotony1@yahoo.fr)

Ask him to send you the total Amount of $1.5 millon u.s dollars 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 Mr STIMO TONY and instruct him where
to send the check and send him your contact information like home address
and phone number so that he will submit it to the courier company where i
directed him for the check to be sent to your designated address without any
delay.
Please do let me know immediately if you receive it so that we can share the
joy after all the sufferness at that time ok, In the moment, Im very busy
here because of the investment projects which me and the new partner are
having at hand,finally,remember that I have forwarded instruction to the
secretary on your behalf to instruct the courier company to send the check
to you as soon as you send your details information without delay,

so feel free to get in touch with Mr STIMO TONY he will inform courier to
send the check immediately to you without any delay as i instructed him to
do.

Thank you and may God Bless you.
Best Regards,

DR Cos Ben

Anti-fraud resources:

• What can you do when you receive 419 spam