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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 "dying widow" scam.
• 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.
  • mosleywish63@yahoo.co.uk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Lady Rita Mosley." <mosleywish62@yahoo.co.uk>
Date: Wed, 28 Feb 2007 01:44:08 -0800
Subject: Beloved, Reply ASAP.

From: Lady R. Mosley.
4 Old Church Street,
Chelsea, SW3,
England.

Here writes Lady Rita Mosley, suffering from cancerous ailment. I used to be
married to Sir David Mosley an Englishman who is dead. My husband was into private
practice all his life before his death.My husband and I made a vow to uplift the
down-trodden and the less-privileged individuals as he had passion for persons who
cannot help themselves. I can adduce this to the fact that he needed a Child from
the marriage, which never came.

When my late husband was alive he deposited the sum of Twenty Million Pounds
(20,000,000.00 Million Great Britain Pounds Sterling)which were derived from his
vast estates and investment in capital market with his bank here in UK. Presently,
this money is still with the Bank. Recently, my Doctor told me that I have limited
days to live due to the cancerous problems I am suffering from. Though what bothers
me most is the stroke that I have in addition to the cancer. With this hard reality
that has befallen me, I have decided to donate this fund to you and want you to
use this gift to uplift the down trodden.

please,all i want from you is to help me use this gift which comes from my late
husband effort to establish a charity home called "Mosley Charity Foundation" for
widows,and persons who prove to be genuinely handicapped financially.Due to my ill
health, i cannot go further than this.Thus,I want you to assure me that you will
act just as I have stated herein.Hope to hear from you.


You can contact me through my personal email address
mosleywish63@yahoo.co.uk

Lady R. Mosley.

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