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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:

• 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.
  • e-mail-pfprivate@hotmail.fr

Fraud email example:

From: "HABBIB MOHAMMED" <habbibprivate@ig.com.br>
Date: Tue, 5 Aug 2008 14:09:59 +0200
Subject: I didn't forget your past efforts and attempts to assist me.


Dear Partner,

I am very sorry for the delay in responding to your mails. I had a little
internet problem but it is over now and I am glad I finally got hold of
you.I lost so many email addresses but I am trying to gather as much as I
can though with lot's of mix up. I'm happy to inform you about my success in
getting the fund transferred under the cooperation of a new partner from
Paraguay. Presently I'm in Paraguay for investment projects with the part 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.

He will advice you on how to get the investment fund to your care and to
invest it with your company as I said from the begining of this transaction.
Seek for is advice and ask him to send you the total $5.500.000.00 USDollars
(Five Million Five hundred thousand Dollars) which I kept for Investiment
with your company. I appreciated your efforts and attempts to assist me in
this matter at that time. So feel free and get in touch with my Europe bank
manager Mr. Pierre FLAVEN of and instruct him where to send the amount to
you.

Name- Mr. Pierre FLAVEN
e-mail-pfprivate@hotmail.fr

Please do let me know immediately you receive it so that we can share the
joy after all that we went through at that time. In the moment, I am very
busy here because of the investment projects which I and my new partner are
having at hand, finally, remember that I had forwarded instruction to the
bank manager on your behalf to receive that money, so feel free to get in
touch with him and he will advice you on what you shall do without any
delay.

Regards,
Habbib Mohammed.

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