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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:

• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "dear friend" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "hundred thousand us 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)
  • "00,000.00" (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.
  • jimmike2008@hotmail.com

Fraud email example:

From: "peter chukwu" <peter_11chukwu@ig.com.br>
Date: Sat, 6 Sep 2008 01:13:21 +0100
Subject: Dear Friend,


*Dear Friend,
I am peter on behalf of my colleagues I'm happy to inform you about the
success in getting those funds transferred under the cooperation of a new
partner Mr Gill from paraguay.

Presently i'm in Paraguay for investment projects with my own share. Mean
while,i didn't forget your past efforts and attempts to assist us in
transferring those funds despite that it failed us some how.Now contact my
secretary in Benin Repbulic his name jim mike on EMIL ( **
jimmike2008@hotmail.com)ask* <jimmike2008@hotmail.com)ask>* him to send you
the total of $1.200,000.00 (One Million two Hundred Thousand us 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 jim mike 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. in the moment, I'm 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 secretary on your behalf to receive that money,
so feel free to get in touch with, Mr jim mike, and he will send the amount
to you without any delay.
Regards,
Dr. peter*

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