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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.
• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "dear friend" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "million united states 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)
• 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.
  • john_b360@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "John Brown" <john_bw3@hotmail.com>
Date: Fri, 13 Apr 2007 08:10:36 -0500
Subject: Please Read Carefuly/Urgent Response Needed

Dear Friend,

I am sorry if this letter comes to you as an embarrassment but be rest
Assured that your particulars of contact was given to me from a very good of
friend who work with the UNITED KINGDOM chambers of commerce, for reliable
and capable foreigner that will handle Confidentially a Godly assinment on
my behalf and at the same time make a good home in heaven for him/herself

I am Mr John Brown, an English man who is suffering from cancerous ailment.
I am married to Mrs Sarah Brown who also is an English woman though dead
now. Our marriage lasted for over a decade without any fruit of the womb. My
wife died after a protracted illness.

My wife and I made a vow to uplift the down-trodden and the less-privileged
individuals within the United Kingdom, Europe, North and South America,
Africa and the rest of the globe as she had passion for persons who can not
help themselves due to physical disability or financial predicament. I can
adduce this to the fact that she needed a Child from this relationship,which
never came.

Myself and my late wife Invested the sum of USD$10,000,000.00 (TenMillion
United States Dollars) in an International Trading Program with the Joint
stock commercial international industrial investment bank(FSFC- OPEN
JOINT-STOCK COMPANY).Presently, this money is stillwith the Bank.

Recently, my Doctor told me that I have a limited or numbered days onearth
and that my life span will not exceed 150days 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 my family,I have decided to donate
this fund to a non-governmental, or a non religious, and a non profit
organization
such as club/society or better still an individual,that will utilize this
money the way I am going to instruct here in.

This gift which comes from myself and late wife sweat, is meant to fund the
upkeep of widows, widowers, orphans, destitute, the down-trodden,physically
challenged children, barren-women,life-long education for student,positive
society upbringing and persons who prove to be genuinely handicapped
financially.

It is often said that blessed is the hand that giveth.I took this decision
because I do not have any child that will inherit this money and my wife
relatives are bourgeois and very wealthy persons and I do not want our hard
earned money to be misused or invested into ill perceived ventures.

I do not want a situation where this money will be used in an ungodly
manner, hence the reason for taking this bold decision.

I am not afraid of death hence I know where I am going to be with the
Almighty God when I eventually pass on. The Almighty God will fight my case
and I shall
hold my peace. I do not need any telephone communication in this regard due
to my deteriorating health and because of the presence of my wife relatives
around me. I do not want them to knowabout this development.

With God all things are possible. As soon as I receive your reply I shall
give you the contact of the bank. I will also issue you a Letter of
Authority that
will empower you as the original beneficiary of this fund. My happiness is
that I lived a life worthy of emulation.Please always be prayerful all
through your life.

Any delay in your reply will give me room in sourcing for a
non-governmental, or a non religious, and or a non profit organization or
better still an individual
for this same purpose.

Please assure me that you will act just as I have stated herein.

Hope to hear from you soon and God bless you and members of your family.

You may also respond to me personal email address: john_b360@yahoo.com

Mr. John Brown(Benefactor).

Please Read Carefuly/Urgent Response Needed

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