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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:
  • "dear beloved," (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "i have a new email address!" (this SPAM email was probably sent to thousands of people)
  • "power of attorney" (with your bank details and a power of attorney form criminals sometimes empty bank accounts)
  • "god-fearing " (scammers in West Africa like to use religious phrases)
• This email message is a "dying widow" scam.
• Barristers (lawyers) mentioned in 419 scams are always fake.
• This email lists mobile phone numbers. Use of such numbers is typical for scams because they allow criminals to conceal their true location. They can receive calls in an Internet cafe from where they send you emails, while pretending to be in some office.
  • +447770819570

Fraud email example:

From: (sent from abused email account)
Reply-To: phillipecynthia@live.co.uk
Date: Thu, 27 Nov 2008 18:59:02 +0530 (IST)
Subject: From Mrs. Cynthia Phillipe!!!


I have a new email address!You can now email me at: phillipecynthia2005@yahoo.in



- Dear Beloved,It is by the grace of God that I received Christ, having known the truth, I had no choice than to do what is lawful and just in the sight of God for eternal life and in the sight of man for witness of God & is mercies and glory upon my life. Actually, I got your email address through the U.S. public records while searching your country book of commerce and I decided to contact you.I am Mrs. Cynthia Phillipe, the wife of Mr. Louis Phillipe, my husband worked with the Chevron / Texaco in Belgium for twenty years before he died in the year 2005.We were married for ten years without a child. My Husband died after a brief illness that lasted for only four days. Before his death we both got born again and dedicated Christians. Since his death I decided not to re-marry or get a child outside my matrimonial home which the Bible is strongly against. When my late husband was alive he deposited the sum of US$17.5 Million. (Seventeen Million Five Hundred Thousand U.S. Dol!
lars) with a Financial Institution in Europe.Presently, this money is still with the Bank and the management just wrote me as the beneficiary that our account has been DORMANT and if I, as the beneficiary of the funds, do not re-activate the account; the funds will be CONFISCATED or I rather issue a Power of Attorney to somebody to receive it on my behalf as I can not come over. Presently, I'm in a hospital in Newport, Wales. where I have been undergoing treatment for esophageal cancer.I have since lost my ability to talk and my doctors have told me that I have only a few weeks to live. It is my last wish to see this money distributed to charity organizations anywhere in the World. Because 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.Please, I beg you in the name of God to help me Stand-in as the beneficiary and collect the Funds from the Bank. I want a person t!
hat is God-fearing who will use this money to fund churches, orphanage
s and widows 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 don't have any child that will inherit this money and my husband's relatives are not Christians and I don't want my husband's hard earned money to be misused by unbelievers. I don't 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 since I know where I am going to. I know that I am going to be in the bosom of the Lord. {Exodus14 VS14}says that the Lord will fight my case and I shall hold my peace. I don't need any telephone communication in this regard because of my soundless voice and presence of my husband's relatives around me always. I don't want them to know about this development but if you insist here is my private number : + 44 777 081 9570.With God all things are possible.If you are int!
erested in helping me fulfil this dream, you can email to my personal email: phillipecynthia@live.co.ukYour Sister in Christ,Mrs. Cynthia Phillipe.

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