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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)
  • "transaction is risk free" (almost true for the criminal - arrests of online criminals are rare)
• 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.
  • mrgregjohn@myway.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)
  • gregjohn2007@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: Greg John <mailgregjohn@yahoo.com>
Date: Thu, 22 Mar 2007 18:22:01 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: VERY IMPORTANT





Dear Friend,
Good day ,

For this letter is strictly personal, intimate and confidential. Forgive this unusual manner of contacting you, but this particular letter is of exceptional and very private nature. There is absolutely going to be a great doubt and distrust in your heart in respect of this email, coupled with the fact that, so many miscreants have taken possession of the Internet to facilitate their nefarious deeds, thereby making it extremely difficult for genuine people to get attention and recognition. There is no way for me to know whether I will be properly understood, but it is my duty to write and reach out to you.

My name is .Greg John, a cook for one of the american contractors in iraq, I was working only for the contractors in Iraq. as a cook. I am still in Iraq at the moment,please Click on this links to read about the event that took place which made us to wait till this year before contacting you to know if you will assist us. http://www.amconmag.com/2005/2005_10_24/cover.html
http://www.halliburtonwatch.org/news/wsj011706.html
http://news.independent.co.uk/world/middle_east/article313538.ece
http://www.usnews.com/usnews/news/articles/070207/7indictments.htm
I AND MY PARTNERS WAS ABLE TO MOVE OUT $ 22.MILLION DOLLARS CASH (TWENTY TWO MILLION DOLLARS)WHICH WAS IN A SEALED CASE,WHICH WE FOUND IN ONE OF THE CONTRACTORS BATHROOM AND THIS CASH HAS BEEN SECRETLY DEPOSITED WITH AN EXPATRIATE SECURITY FIRM. WHICH IS OUT SIDE IRAQ.
Basically since we are working as cook we cannot keep these funds,because if the funds is found with us we can be killed by our boss. our boss and his friends stole alot of money as well as you can see in the web page above. the funds was surpposed to be used for rebuilding iraq but it was not used for that, that was the reason we now took some for our self.
we want to transfer and move the funds to you, so that you can keep it for us in your safe account or an offshore account. We will divide the total funds in three ways, since we are 3 that is involved. This means that you will take 35 percent, I will take 30 percent, and my partner will take 30 percent. 5 percent will be kept aside for expenses.

This business is confidential, and we plead that it should not be discussed with anyone. We are contacting you for partnership because we cannot handle such an amount of money due to our level as cook. There is no risk whatsoever involved as we left this fund in the
Security company without declaring it's contents for this period of time to make sure that the fund will be safe for transfer and investment.

If you are interested I will send you the full details, my job is to find a good partner that we can trust and will assist us. Please tell us how we can trust you? When you receive this letter, kindly send me an e-mail signifying your interest including your telephone/fax numbers for quick communication and also your contact details. I assure you that this transaction is risk free and its success is 100% guaranteed, I am doing this so that i can go into business and resign. Please help us to help you. Please reply me via this email for security reasons:( mrgregjohn@myway.com) or (gregjohn2007@yahoo.com)
Yours-in-service,
GREG JOHN

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