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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:
  • "i feel quite safe dealing with you in this important business" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
• 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.
  • mikesawyerpin@yahoo.co.uk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "mike sawyer" <mikesawyer@yahoo.co.uk>
Date: Mon, 20 Feb 2006 02:13:50 +0200
Subject: CONFIDENTIAL

FROM: Mr.Mike Sawyer
GROUP AUDIT FOR INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS DIVISION
ALPHA BANK LONDON
66 Cannon Street, London EC4N.

DEAR PARTNER,

RE:TRANSFER OF [168,559,000.00] MILLION TO YOUR
ACCOUNT.

I feel quite safe dealing with you in this important business.Though,
thismedium (Internet) has

been greatly abused, I choose to reach you through it because it still
remains thefastest medium

of communication. However, this correspondence is private, and it should
betreated in strict

confidence.

At first I will like to assure you that this transaction is 100% risk
andtrouble free to both

parties.

In order to transfer out[168,559,000.00] One hundred and sixty eight
millionfive hundred and

fifty nine thousand POUNDS STERLINGS Only } from our bank herein London.

The fund for transfer is of clean origin. The owner of the fund is a
foreigner,a program leader

who was believed to acquire the fund through his secret CrudeOil deal with
the Former IRAQI

government.The deceased died with all themembers of his family in an
auto-accident in June 23,

1999 without a WILL. Theamount involved is[168,559,000.00]pounds sterlings I
want to transfer

this money into your account as the
foreign beneficiary of the fund. I know that this letter will come to you as
asurprise as we

don't know ourselves before,

BUT BE SURE THAT IT IS REAL AND A GENUINE BUSINESS. I CONTACT YOU
BELIEVINGTHAT YOU WILL NOT LET

ME DOWN ONCE THE FUND GOES INTO YOUR
ACCOUNT.

Let me hear from you.

Regards,
Mr.Mike Sawyer
Reply to:mikesawyerpin@yahoo.co.uk

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