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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)
  • "lagos" (a location commonly mentioned 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.
  • office4secretray1984@yahoo.fr (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Johnson Obi" <johnsonobi@hosanna.net>
Date: Mon, 25 Aug 2008 02:07:13 -0800
Subject: contact my secretary at (office4secretray1984@yahoo.fr)


*Hello My Dear Friend,

Compliment of the days, i hope that you are fine? if so glory be to God. I'm
happy to inform you about my success in getting the fund transferred under
the cooperation of a new partner from Paragua, presently i'm in Paragua now
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.

Now contact my secretary in Lagos, Federal Republic Of Nigeria, his name is
Mr Andy Chibuka and his Office Email address;(**
office4secretray1984@yahoo.fr* <office4secretray1984@yahoo.fr>*) ask him to
send you the Bank draft cashier check what of $950.000.00 (Nine Hundred and
Fifty Thousand Dollars Only) which I kept for your compensation for all your
past efforts and attempts to assist me at that time.

I appreciated your efforts at that time very much. So feel free and get in
touch with my secretary Mr Andy Chibuka and instruct him 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 sufferness at that time.

At 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 my secretary on your behalf to receive that money, so feel
free to get in touch with him and he will send the check to you without any
delay.

ONLY FORWARD THIS INFORMATION TO HIM WHILE CONTACTING HIS OFFICE;

YOUR FULL NAME,...................................

YOUR FULL CONTACT ADDRESS,.............................

YOUR TELEPHONE NUMBERS,...................................

YOUR CITY AND COUNTRY,.........................................

With best regards,
Dr Johnson Obi.
contact my secretary at
(**office4secretray1984@yahoo.fr*<office4secretray1984@yahoo.fr>
*) *

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