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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:
  • "the consignment" (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)
• This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
  

Fraud email example:

From: (sent from abused email account)
Reply-To: <captmaximum@yahoo.com>
Date: Wed, 12 Nov 2008 00:58:27 +0000
Subject: Re:Capt Maxwell.( I await your reply)



Hello ,

I am Capt.Maxwell Pergan with the United States troop currently in Iraq

On one of our numerous raids in Iraq my boys discovered a bunker east of Baghdad.On inspection,we found a vault containing a total of $16.4mil(sixteen million,four hundred thousand dollars).This fact is based on the note found in the vault.Bulk of their money is gotten from illegal trades in crude oil as they have it in abundance here.

Based on the suffering we undergo here some of us do meet such luck and such findings is not uncommon here considering the fact that these Arabians rarely deposit money in the bank.They keep raw cash within reach and away from banks so as not to be monitored and for them to have easy access to it.

I cannot move this money to the United states because I will be in Europe for about 3years,so I need someone I could deal with.If you accept,I will transfer the money out of Iraq with the help of the RED CROSS DIPLOMATIC CHANNEL.You will then meet with them and clear the consignment as the beneficiary because I am a uniformed person and I cannot be parading such an amount so I need to present someone as the beneficiary.

Where we are now, we can only communicate through our military communication facilities which is secured so nobody can monitor our emails,I will only reach you through email,because our calls might be monitored,I just have to be sure whom I am dealing with.

If you are interested please send me your personal mobile number so I can call you for further inquiries when I am out of our military network.I am writing from a fresh email account so if you are not interested do not reply to this email and please delete this message,if no response after 3days I will then search for someone else.I am doing this on trust,you should understand and you should know that as a trained military expert I will always play safe.

Once i get a response from you, i will present to you further details so that you will fully understand the working procedure of this.The percentage is also negotiable.

i await your response.

Regards,
Capt.Maxwell Pergan

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