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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)
  • "ho cambiato indirizzo!" (this SPAM email was probably sent to thousands of people)
• 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.
  • adams.mudaze@yahoo.it
  • mrs.adlinenkem@yahoo.it (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: (sent from abused email account)
Reply-To: mrs.adlinenkem@yahoo.it
Date: Mon, 1 Dec 2008 22:15:20 +0000 (GMT)
Subject: Good News!


Ho cambiato indirizzo!Puoi ora scrivermi a questo indirizzo: adams.mudaze@yahoo.it



- Good News!Dear Friend,How are you and your humble family today?I am happy to inform you about our success in getting the fund transferred under the cooperation of a new partner from Paraguay.Presently I am in Paraguay for investment projects with my own share of the total. Meanwhile, I didn't forget you’re past efforts and attempts to assist us despite that it failed us some how that time.Note that I may not be able to access my mail for now .You should contact my secretary, her name is Adline Nkem and her email address is: mrs.adlinenkem@yahoo.it ask her to send you the total of $500.000.00,(FIVE HUNDERED THOUSAND DOLLARS) which I kept for your compensation for all your past efforts and attempts in assisting us in the transaction. I appreciated your efforts at that time very much and may God continue to reward your good gestures.So feel free and get in touch with my secretary Mrs.Adline Nkem and instruct her on where to send the money to you. Please do let me know immediately you receive it so that we can share the joy after all the suffer ness at that time. In the moment, I am very busy here because of the investment projects, which the new partner and I are having at hand and because of this I may not be able to check my mail often, finally, Please note that I have given my secretary instruction on your behalf , so feel free to contact her through her email address stated above she will send the Bank Draft to you without any delay. Note I have attempted to call you but all effort failed and I had to send you a mail, which I guessed belong to you. With best regards, Mr.Adams

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