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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:
  • "united state dollar" (this email uses bad English)
• This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
  

Fraud email example:

From: "SARVICK MIKE" <sarvickmike@gmail.com> (may be fake)
Reply-To: sarvickmike@yahoo.co.uk
Date: Thu, 31 Jan 2008 20:40:05 +0700
Subject: NICE THAT WE WORK TOGETHER FOR GOOD


Please this is a deal and I can stake what I have for it=2C please I did not need a loaud
mouth person=2C because what is involved is much=2E I am a consultant to a governmental
organisation in one of the Asian country and lately we stumble into a contract with oil
firm in Yemen=2C and it is on the known that the contract have been executed and all
parties fully paid for=2E
But because of parties involved=2C the original contracted sum was high hacked up to
favour most of the committe that over see the execution of the said contracted=2Eand it is
base on the said over invoiced amount that I am directed to source for a reasonable
person for us to commit the said amount into his private or personal investment=2E
The amount for the over invoiced is United state dollars =28USD 4=2C185=3A000=29 four million=2C
one hundred and eighty five thousand dollars only=2Eplease if you are showing interest
over this=2C We want you to know that everything about this have been perfected to
conclusion and is free from any form of scrutiny by any agent of what so ever=2E
Finally you are to send to us your private email and telephone number and we also
intend to inform you that we like calling so that every step will fast over this=2EAnd we
can discuss the mode of sharing when you call as what we intend to do is purely on
personal and friendly basis=2E And we encourage you to file every of your expenditure
you may incurred during this transaction=2C as all will be deducted first before sharing
whatever percenatge we agreed =2E
Thanks for the
DR SARVICK MIKE sarvickmike=40yahoo=2Eco=2Euk
MRS TARA KONE =28ESQ=29 tara=40lawyer=2Ecom

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