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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:
  • "will come to you as a surprise" (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 mobile phone numbers. Use of such numbers is typical for scams because they allow criminals to conceal their true location. They can receive calls in an Internet cafe from where they send you emails, while pretending to be in some office.
  • +447040114949 (UK, redirects to a mobile phone in another country)
  • +448704797236 (UK, redirects to a mobile phone in another country)

Fraud email example:

From: "mikesawyer_pin13" <mikesawyerpin8@myway.com>
Date: Fri, 02 Jun 2006 13:31:38 -1200
Subject: FROM: Mr. Mike Sawyer

FROM: Mr. Mike Sawyer
ALPHA BANK LONDON
66 Cannon Street
LONDON EC4N 6EP.
DEAR,

RE: TRANSFER OF US$48,559,000.00 MILLION DOLLARS TO YOUR
ACCOUNT.

My name is Mr. Mike Sawyer I work with Alpha Bank London as
a Group Auditor to the Bank. At first I will like to assure
you that this transaction is 100% risk and trouble free to
both parties.
On our annual auditing which ended last month,

I discovered the sum of US$48,559 Million in one of the
dormant accounts.On a secret investigation about this
account which I conducted with the manager of the bank who
is my close friend, we discovered that the owner of this
account is an Australian Citizen who is now late, a program
leader who was believed to have acquired his wealth through
his secret Crude Oil deal with the Former IRAQI government
and the Late Lebanese Prime Minister, Mr. Rafik Hariri, a
Lebanese self-made billionaire and business tycoon, and was
five times Prime Minister of Lebanon.

The deceased/owner of this account died with all the members
of his family in an auto-accident without a writing or ORAL
WILL.
We want to transfer this money into your account as the
foreign beneficiary of the fund, if you can assure of safety
of the fund in your account. The success of this transaction
is 100% guaranteed. I know that this letter will come to you
as a surprise as we don't know each other before, BUT BE
SURE THAT IT IS REAL AND A GENUINE BUSINESS. I CONTACTED YOU
BELIEVING THAT YOU WILL NOT LET US DOWN ONCE THE FUND GOES
INTO YOUR ACCOUNT.

I will furnish you with a perfect transaction detail as soon
as I confirm your readiness to receive this money in your
account.
Let me hear from you.

Regards,

Mr. Mike Sawyer.
Tel +44 704 0114949
Fax +44 870 4797236


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