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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)
  • "million dollars" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
• 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.
  • asefc@fastermail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "LIMEN KOFI" <limenkofi001@ig.com.br>
Date: Fri, 22 Aug 2008 17:31:46 +0100
Subject: AN URGENT BUSINESS PROPOSAL.


Dear Friend,

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 South Korea 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 where.Now contact the security company with their
email address(asefc@fastermail.com
<http://my.f761.mail.yahoo.com/ym/Compose?To=asefc@fastermail.com&YY=1895&y5beta=yes&y5beta=yes&order=down&sort=date&pos=0&view=a&head=f>)
and ask them to
send you the total $1.5Million dollars which i kept
for your compensation for all your 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 the company and instruct them
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 sufferance at
this time,in the moment, i m very busy here because of
the investment projects which i and the new partner
are having at hand, finally,remember that i had
forwarded instruction to them on your behalf to
receive those money,so feel free to get in touch with
them to send the amount to you without
any delay.

with best regards,

Mr. Limen Kofi

Anti-fraud resources:

• What can you do when you receive 419 spam