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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:
  • "dearest one," (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
• This email message is a "dying widow" scam.

Fraud email example:

From: "Mrs.luisa Harvey" <luisaharv.e@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: mrsluisaharv@yahoo.com
Date: Fri, 02 Mar 2007 14:27:12 +0100
Subject: DEAR BELOVED ONE

Dearest One,

I am Mrs. Luisa from Netherlands. I am married to Dr.Franklyn Harvey
who worked with Nigeria National Petroleum Cooperation NNPC) for twenty
years before he died in the year 2006.We were married for twenty-seven years
without a child. He died during one of the riot in the Niger delta region of
Nigeria. He was held hostage and slain to death by protesting youths of the
region. Before his death we were both born again Christians. Since his death
Idecided not to re-marry.When my late husband was alive he deposited the sum
of (Eight Million six hundred thousand U.S.Dollars) with a security company.

Presently, this money is still with the Security Company and the
management just wrote me as the beneficiary to come forward to receive the
money or rather issue a letter of Authorization to somebody to receive it on
my behalf if I can not come over.

Presently, I'm with my laptop in a hospital where I have been
undergoing treatment for cancer of the lungs. I have since lost my ability
to talk and my doctors have told me that I have only a few months to live.
It is my last wish to see that this money is invested the proceed at the end
of every year distributed among charity organization. I want a person that
is God fearing that will use this money to fund churches, orphanages and
widows more especially women who lost there husbands in a fight and
childrens that lost there parents in the fight/war propagating the word of
God and to ensure
that the house of God is maintained.


The Bible made us to understand that blessed is the hand that giveth. I took
this decision because i know that there are a lot of poor people suffering
from different kind of disease and nobody to come to their aid. With God all
things are possible. As soon as I receive your reply I shall give you the
contact of the Security Company. I will also issue you a letter of authority
that will prove you as the new beneficiary of this Fund.You are to help me
invest these funds into real estate and stocks.You will be entitled to 10%
of every profit you make in a year.

Please assure me that you will act accordingly as I stated herein.
Hoping to hearing from you soon.
Waiting for your reply

Yours in Christ,

Mrs.Luisa Harvey.

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