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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:
  • ",000,000" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
  • "utmost confidentiality" (they don't want anyone to point out to you that this is a scam)
• 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.
  • sgtmjohnson0@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: MIKE JOHNSON <sgt_mjohnson39@hotmail.co.uk>
Date: Tue, 4 Sep 2007 09:12:16 +0100
Subject: URGENT AND CONFIDENTIAL




FROM SGT MIKE JOHNSON
ATTN:PRESIDENT/CEO My name is SGT. MIKE JOHNSON, I am in the U.S Army and I am serving in the military of the 1st Battalion, 17th Infantry Regiment, 172nd Stryker Brigade Combat Team, in Iraq. I am presently in London (United Kingdom) for the mean time. I apologized using this medium to reach you for a deal of this magnitude. We have in our possession the sum of US$10,000,000.00 (Ten Million U.S Dollars), which we found during our patrol in Iraq. These funds have been moved and kept safe in a Security Company, please view this link for more details: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/2988455.stm Basically since we are working for the American Government, we cannot keep these funds, but we want to move the funds to you, so that you can keep it for us in your safe account or an offshore account. Therefore, if you are interested, please reply immediately via my private email:sgtmjohnson0@yahoo.com with your Current Mailing Address and your confidential Telephone and Fax numbers for easy communication. We are offering you 25% of the total sum, 70% for me while 5% will be mapped out for any expenses we may incur during the course of this transaction.Upon your response I shall then provide you with more details that will help you understand the deal. Please observe utmost confidentiality, and be rest assured that this deal is risk free. Respectfully Yours, SGT. MIKE JOHNSON Pls reply to: sgtmjohnson0@yahoo.com
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