419 scam: Mike Stewart <mikestewart96@yahoo.com.hk> PARTNERSHIP COOPERATION

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"419" Scam – Advance Fee / Fake Lottery Scam

The so-called "419" scam is a type of fraud dominated by criminals from Nigeria and other countries in Africa. Victims of the scam are promised a large amount of money, such as a lottery prize, inheritance, money sitting in some bank account, etc.

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.

Keep in mind that scammers DO NOT use their real names when defrauding people.
The criminals either abuse names of real people or companies or invent names or addresses.
Any real people or companies mentioned below have NO CONNECTION to the scammers!

Read more about such scams here or in our 419 FAQ. Use the Scam-O-Matic to verify suspect emails.

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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:
- "00,000.00" (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)
- "dormant account" (Banks mentioned in 419 scams are always fake (real banks don't communicate using mobile phones or free webmail addresses))
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.
- +447700077209
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.
- mikestewart96@yahoo.com.hk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: Mike Stewart <mikestewart96@yahoo.com.hk>
Date: Wed, 17 Jul 2013 14:52:27 +0400
Subject: PARTNERSHIP COOPERATION

Greetings

My Name is Mike Stewart, I am the Chief Executive Officer at the UBS
Investment Bank, London, United Kingdom.

I personally discovered a dormant account with a total sum of
£16,800,000.00} SIXTEEN MILLION EIGHT HUNDRED THOUSAND BRITISH POUNDS}
during our Bank's Annual Year Account Auditing. Since the death of the
deceased, nobody has operated in this account till date. Moreover,
this account has NO BENEFICIARY attached to it. Definitely, this fund
will be confiscated by our BANKING ETHICS if it remains dormant for a
period of [10] year without any claims. In this regard, I earnestly
need your full cooperation in transferring this money out of our bank
to avoid our bank or government confiscating this fund.

You stand to earn 50% of this sum for your cooperation and please keep
this information secret to yourself alone..

Regards,

Mike Stewart.
Reply to: mikestewart96@yahoo.com.hk
Tel: +447700077209

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