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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.
• 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.
  • +2348034916928 (Nigeria, prepaid mobile phone)
• 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.
  • churchgatehome@hotmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)
  • churchgatehelp@infohq.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "CHURCHGATE CHARITY HOME" <churchgatehome@hotmail.com>
Date: Wed, 19 Apr 2006 21:29:01 +0100
Subject: PLEASE SUPPORT THE CHURCHGATE HOME

THE CHURCHGATE OLD PEOPLES HOME
CHURCHGATE TOWER PLOT30,
AFRIBANK STREET VICTORIA ISIAND
LAGOS-NIGERIA
RC:759854
E-MAIL:churchgatehome@hotmail.com

APPEAL FOR YOUR SUPPORT

BELOVED IN CHRIST,
I WILL LIKE TO USE THIS MEDIUM TO REACH SOME CHRISTIANS WITH THE LOVE OF
HUMANITY AT HEART, ESPECIALLY WITH THE LOVE FOR OLD PEOPLE AND LESS
PRIVILEDGED ONES.
I AM DR MRS GLADYS JOHNSON, I WORKED WITH THE CIVIL SERVICE UNTIL MY
RETIREMENT IN OCTOBER 2003,I AM 53YEARS OLD,A CHRISTIAN AND THE CARE TAKER
OF THE CURCHGATE OLD PEOPLES HOME.I MADE A PROMISE TO GOD ALMIGHTY AND I
HAVE THE ZEAL TO HELP THE MOTHERLESS AND THE OLD ONES.I HAVE BEING RUNING A
CHARITY HOME SINCE I RETIRED.
IN MY URGE TO HELP THE OLDER ONES AND THE MOTHERLESS I HAVE DECIDED TO REACH
YOU TO SOLICIT FOR YOUR ASSISTANCE OR HELP TO THESE OLD ONES IN THE NAME OF
OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST.
WITH THE FUNDS I HAD SAVED AND MY RETIREMENT BENEFITS ,I HAVE BEEN ABLE TO
ERECT A STRUCTURE AND RUN AN OLD PEOPLES HOME(CHURCHGATE OLD PEOPLES
HOME)WHERE WE TAKE CARE OF THE OLD ONES ,MOTHERLESS AND HOMELESS PEOPLE IN
THE SOCIETY AND NEIGHBOURING COUNTRIES AROUND US WHO NEEDS SUPPORT.THIS
STRUCTURE PROVIDES ACCOMDATION AND A COTTAGE CLINIC FOR MEDICATION .THERE WE
EQUALLY TAKE CARE OF THEIR FEEDING AND OTHER NECESSITIES.WE ALSO EMPLOYEED
YOUTHS WHO ASSISTS IN DOMESTIC HELP AND UP KEEP.SOME CHURCHES AND INDIVIDUAL
HAS ALSO BEEN OF ASSISTANCE TO THIS HOME.
MY BELOVED IN CHRIST WE HAVE RUN OUT OF FUNDS TO CARE FOR THE OLD ONES AND
THE OTHER LESS PRIVILEDGED PEOPLE UNDER OUR CARE.THEREFORE WE ARE NOW
SOLICITING FOR YOUR SUPPORT TO CONTINUE KEEPING THESE OLD ONES ESPECIALLY.I
REFER TO YOU TO THE BOOK OF 2ND CORINTHIANS CHAPTER 9 VERSE 6 AND 7 PSALM
71:9 WE DO NOT HAVE TO FROSAKE OUR OLD ONES KNOWING THE FACT THE OLDER ONES
OFTEN FEEL THEY ARE BEING LEFT BEHINDE IN OUR MODERN FAST-PACED WORLD.
MY BELOVED IN CHRIST WE URGE FOR YOUR SUPPORT AND ASSISTANCE FOR THESE OLD
ONES NO MATTER YOUR RELIGION OR BELIEVE WE WILL APPRECIATE IT,FOR ONE DAY WE
WILL ALL GROW OLD.PLEASE IF YOU ARE TOUCHED TO SOW TO THE SUPPORT OF THE OLD
PEOPLES HOME CONTACT OUR CHURCH TREASURER IN THE PERSON OF EVANG ISAAC
MOORE.
CONTACT INFORMATION
CONTACT NAME:Evang ISAAC MOORE
TEL:+2348034916928
E-MAIL:churchgatehelp@infohq.com

CHURCHGATE HOME AWAITS ERNESTLY TO HEAR FROM YOU MY BELOVED BRETHEN IN
CHRIST..

THANKS FOR YOUR SUPPORT

DR MRS GLADYS JOHNSON
CHURCHGATE DIRECTOR/CARE TAKER

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