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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)
  • "barrister" (Barristers (lawyers) mentioned in 419 scams are always fake.)
• This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
  
• Barristers (lawyers) mentioned in 419 scams are always fake.
• 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.
  • williams_chambers44@yahoo.co.uk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Mrs. Carmen Molina. Molina." <c_molina020@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: <carmenmolina02@yahoo.co.uk>
Date: Mon, 1 Oct 2007 13:15:52 -0600
Subject: URGENT REPLY NEEDED



Dear Friend.

Greetings to you and your family. In my search for a reliable and God fearing person and having gotten your contact through prayers and painstaking efforts I have decided to seek your help in carrying out my last wishes. My name is Mrs.Carmen Molina. I'm a 65 years old woman and from Canada. I am a merchant and owned two businesses in Nigeria and Benin Republic. I was also married with two children. My husband and two children died in plane-crash in 10th November 2004. Before this happened, my business and concern for making money was all I live for, I never really cared about other values in life. Since the loss of my family,

I have found a new desire to assist the the helpless, families,building islamic schools and christian schools for children,also I have been helping orphans in orphanage/motherless babes homes.When i was building islamic schools in Benin Republic i was accused of supporting terrorist,but all was false accusation and thats why i left there to settle finally in Nigeria,i have a half muslim background and i believe only in One God,

I was moved with great pity and compassion that I decided to make this contribution on assisting people,I kept $US7,500,000.00 Million In a long-term deposit account in a Finance company. Presently, I'm in a hospital(St Agnes Int'l Hospital Port Harcourt) where I have been undergoing treatment for esophagi cancer.

I have since lost my ability to talk and my doctors have told me that I have only few months to live(But My Hope Is In God). It is my last wish to see this money distributed to victims of the Dreaded HIV AIDS, Orphans, The poor and the needy through a God fearing individual or charity organization, Because my relatives and friends have plundered so much of my wealth since my illness, I cannot live with the agony of entrusting this huge responsibility to any of them.

I plead you in the name of God to help me collect the deposit and distribute it accordingly. Use your judgement to distribute the money and keep 20% of it to yourself. Feel free to reimburse yourself when you have the money for any cost you incure during the process of collecting and distributing the money. If you are willing to help, please reply as soon as possible.
May the good God bless you and your family Please, send reply and all correspondences to my attorney: Barrister.Williams Akim BelloEmail:williams_chambers44@yahoo.co.uk Regards, May GOD bless you and your people Mrs. Carmen Molina.
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