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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:
  • "your urgent reply" (they are rushing you so you don't have time to think properly)
• 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.
  • maureensetiax22@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: maureensetiax22@zipmail.com.br
Date: Sun, 30 Sep 2007 22:13:07 +0000
Subject: =?iso-8859-1?Q?from=20madam=20maureen=20setia?=

Greetings Yours In Christ,

Greetings in the name of our lord Jesus Christ, I am the
former Madam maureen Setia, a widow to late Sheik Mohammed Setia, I am 47
years old, I am now a new Christian convert, suffering from long time cancer
of the breast.
From all indications my condition is really deteriorating
and it is quite obvious that I wont live more than six months according
to the doctors. This is because the cancer stage has gotten to a very bad
stage. My late husband was killed during the U.S raid against terrorism
in Afghanistan, and during the period of our marriage we could not produce
any child. My late husband was very wealthy and after his death, I inherited
all his businesses and wealth.
The doctor has advised me that I may not live for more than
six months,so I now decided to divide part of this wealth, to distribute
to thedevelopment of the church and the needy in Africa, America, Asia and
Europe. I selected you after visiting the website. And I prayed over it.
I am Willing to donate the sum of $1.8 million U.S dollars to you for the
less privilege. Please I want you to note that this fund is lying in Escrow
account and upon my instruction, my attorney, who presently is in Africa
distributing relief materials to victims of bomb blast in (Abidjan), will
file in an application for thetransfer of the money in your name. Lastly,
I honestly pray that this money when transferred will be used for the said
purpose, because I have cometo find out that wealth acquisition without
Christ is vanity upon vanity.
May the grace of our lord Jesus Christ, the love of God and
the fellowship of the Holy Spirit be with you and your Family.
I await your urgent reply.
Yours in Christ,
Madam maureen Setia
please contact me with this email
maureensetiax22@yahoo.com

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