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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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• An email address listed inside this email has been used in a known fraud before.
• This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
  
• 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.
  • john2000@mail2holland.com
  • john_mike2000@hotmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "mr john mike" <john_mike2000@hotmail.com> (may be fake)
Date: Wed, 26 Oct 2005 17:34:00 +0200
Subject: GOOD SIR


HELLO PARTNER, IN ORDER TO TRANSFER OUT FIFTEEN
MILLION POUNDS STERLINGS FROM OUR BANK HERE IN UNITED
KINGDOM, I HAVE THE COURAGE TO LOOK FOR A RELIABLE AND
HONEST PERSON WHO WILL BE CAPABLE FOR THIS IMPORTANT
TRANSACTION BELIEVING THAT YOU WILL NEVER LET ME DOWN
EITHER NOW OR IN FUTURE. I AM MR.JOHN MIKE, THE
AUDITOR AND COMPUTING STAFF OF A BANK HERE IN SCOTLAND
UNITED KINGDOM. THERE IS AN ACCOUNT OPENED IN THIS
BANK IN 1995 AND SINCE 2005 NOBODY HAS OPERATED ON
THIS ACCOUNT AGAIN, AFTER GOING THROUGH SOME OLD FILES
IN THE RECORDS, I DISCOVERED THAT IF I DO NOT REMITT
THIS MONEY OUT URGENTLY, IT WILL BE FORFEITED FOR
NOTHING.
HOW THE MONEY CAME ABOUT:
THE OWNER OF THIS ACCOUNT IS MR SAM HUGHES A
FOREIGNER AND THE MANAGER OF PETROL CHEMICAL SERVICE
HERE IN UNITED KINGDOM, A CHEMICAL ENGINEER BY
PROFESSION AND HE DIED SINCE 1995.AND THEN, SINCE
2001, NOBODY KNOWS ABOUT THIS ACCOUNT OR ANYTHING
CONCERNING IT. THE ACCOUNT HAS NO OTHER BENEFICIARY
AND MY INVESTIGATION PROVED TO ME AS WELL THAT HIS
COMPANY DOES NOT KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT THIS ACCOUNT AND
THE AMOUNT INVOLVED IS (15,000,000.00) POUNDS
STERLINGS I WANT TO TRANSFER THIS MONEY INTO A SAFE
FOREIGN ACCOUNT ABROAD BUT I DON'T KNOW ANY FOREIGNER,
I AM ONLY CONTACTING YOU AS A FOREIGNER BECAUSE THIS
MONEY CAN NOT BE APPROVED TO ANY LOCAL BANK HERE IN
SCOTLAND, BUT CAN ONLY BE APPROVED TO ANY FOREIGN
ACCOUNT BECAUSE THE MONEY IS POUNDS STERLINGS AND THE
FORMER OWNER OF THE ACCOUNT IS MR. SAM HUGHES AND HE
WAS A FOREIGNER TOO. YOUR PERCENTAGE AT THE END OF THE
BUSINESS IS 40% AND 60% FOR ME. WELL, I GOT YOUR EMAIL
ADDRESS FORM MY SECTARY. I KNOW THAT THIS MESSAGE WILL
COME TO YOU AS A SURPRISE AS WE DON'T KNOW OURSELF
BEFORE, BUT BE SURE THAT IT IS REAL AND A GENUINE
BUSINESS. I BELIEVE IN GOD THAT YOU WILL NEVER LET ME
DOWN IN THIS TRANSACTION. WHEN THE TRANSFER IS
APPROVED AND PAYMENT SCHEDULE IS ALLOCATED OVERSEAS,
THROUGH THE OFFSHORE PAYING DELEGATE FOR FINAL
CLEARANCE AND SIGNING OF THE PAYMENT RELEASE FORM BY
THE BENEFICIARY, I WANT US TO SEE AT THE OVERSEA
PAYING CLEARANCE OFFICE FACE TO FACE OR SIGNING OF THE
ORIGINAL BINDING AGREEMENT TO BIND US TOGETHER SO
THAT, WE CAN RECEIVE THIS MONEY INTO A FOREIGN ACCOUNT
OR ANY ACCOUNT OF YOUR CHOICE WHERE THE FUND WILL BE
REMITTED.
I AM CONTACTING YOU BECAUSE OF THE NEED TO INVOLVE A
FOREIGNER WITH A FOREIGN ACCOUNT AS THE REAL
BENEFICIARY. I NEED YOUR CO-OPERATION TO MAKE THIS
WORK FINE, BECAUSE THE MANAGEMENT IS READY TO APPROVE
THIS PAYMENT TO ANY FOREIGNER WHO HAS THE CORRECT
INFORMATION TO THIS ACCOUNT, WHICH I WILL GIVE TO YOU
WHEN SURE OF YOUR CAPABILITY TO HANDLE SUCH AMOUNT IN
STRICT CONFIDENCE AND TRUST. ACCORDING TO MY
INSTRUCTIONS AND MY ADVICE FOR OUR MUTUAL BENEFIT
BECAUSE I DON'T WANT TO MAKE ANY MISTAKE, I NEED YOUR
STRONG ASSURANCE AND TRUST. I SHALL DESTROY ALL
DOCUMENTS CONCERNING THIS TRANSACTION IMMEDIATELY WE
RECEIVED THIS MONEY LEAVING NO TRACE TO ANY PLACE.
I WILL USE MY POSITION AND INFLUENCE OF OTHER STAFFS
TO EFFECT THE LEGAL APPROVALS AND ONWARD TRANSFER OF
THIS MONEY TO YOUR ACCOUNT WITH APPROPRIATE CLEARANCE
FROM FOREIGN PAYMENT DEPARTMENT. WITH ASSURANCE THAT
THIS MONEY WILL BE INTACT PENDING MY PHYSICAL ARRIVAL
TO YOUR COUNTRY FOR THE SHARING AND OTHER INVESTMENT.
I LOOK FORWARD TO YOUR EARLIEST REPLY THROUGH MY
PRIVATE E-MAIL ADDRESS:(john2000@mail2holland.com) (john_mike2000@hotmail.com)
THANKS, FROM JOHN MIKE

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