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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:
  • "million us dollars" (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)
  • "your urgent reply" (they are rushing you so you don't have time to think properly)
• This email message is a "dying widow" scam.

Fraud email example:

From: amina dede <aminadede1@yahoo.com>
Date: Wed, 19 Jul 2006 11:59:51 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: HELLO


Beloved In GOD
Calvary greetings in the name of our Lord Jesus
Christ, I am Mrs.AMINA DEDE, a widow to Late Sherrif Dan
DEDE, I am 67years old,
I am now a new Christian convert,suffering from long
time cancer of the breast.
From all indications, my condition is serious and
according to my
doctor it is quite obvious that I may not survive the
sickness,although as a christain,I beleive God and I
know that I will not die,I will leave to declare the
glory of God. My late husband and my only son was
killed during the Ogoni Crisis and I am presently
Leaving alone.Our Lord Jesus Christ is my comforter.

My late husband was very wealthy we have a lot of
properties including
Shares and houses.After the death of my husband,I made
up my mind to travel abroadto leave the rest of my
life and continue to do the work of God as a
missionary.I called our lawyer and I instructed him to
sell all my husbands properties and shares to enable
me raise some money to conitue my mission.The lawyer
sold the Shares and some of the properties and I was
able raise the sum of $7,000,000.00(Seven million US
Dollars)The fund is in cash,for the safety of the fund
till am able to travel out,I packaged the fund in
consignments deposited it with a Security Company.
Presently,all the documents concerning the
consignments are with my
lawyer.Now that my sickness has gone to this stage,I
am scared and I want the fundto be used for the work
of God all over the world.
I have prayed and I told God to direct me to an honest
christan who
willreceive this fund and utilise it for things that
will glorify the name of God.After my prayers,I
searched the christain site in the internet,I found
your email address and I decided to contact you.Please
if you are interested in using this fund for the work
of God,please send to me your full names and address
to enable me give it to my lawyer for immediate
arrangement with the security company on how the
conbsignments that contained the fundwill be delivered
to you.
I await your urgent reply.
Thanks and God bless you.
Mrs.AMINA DEDE

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