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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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• This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
  
• 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.
  • rich55buteuba@yahoo.com

Fraud email example:

From: barakastik@handbag.com
Date: Tue, 4 Oct 2005 15:11:52 +0200
Subject: Contact Me as Urgent!!

DEAR FRIEND,

I DO NOT KNOW WHOM YOU ARE, BUT PEACE BE UNTO YOU AS YOU READ THIS LETTER!
THE HOLY-SPIRIT TELLS ME THAT I CAN TRUST YOU WITH MY PROPOSITION.
I AM A WIDOW AND MY NAME IS ANNETTE BLESSING BUTEUBA FROM DURBAN IN SOUTH
AFRICA AND MY HUSBAND NAME IS REV. FATHER RICHARD BUTEUBA. SINCE MY HUSBAND
DIED, I HAVE BEING SUFFERING FROM ARTHRITICS AND LATELY DOCTORS HAVE DIAGNOSED
ME WITH TERMINAL CANCER WHICH LEAVES ME TWELVE MONTHS TO LIVE!

I AM CURRENTLY ON WHEELCHAIR AND BEING LOOKED AFTER AFTER BY A NURSE AND
SOME OF MY LATE HUSBAND'S RELATIVES IN-TURNS.
BEFORE MY HUSBAND DIED, HE LEFT ME WITH SOME OF HIS INHERITED MONEY FROM
HIS LATE PARENTS ABOUT ( USD $ 3.550,000.00 THREE MILLION FIVE HUNDRED AND
FIFTY THOUSAND DOLLARS)
MY HUSBAND MADE ME PROMISED HIM THAT THIS MONEY SHOULD BE USED FOR GOD'S
HUMANITARIAN WORK IN ANY-WHERE POSSIBLE ROUND THE WORLD.

NOW THAT I AM VERY SICK AND VERY SOON WILL DIE, I REALLY NEED A HONEST AND
GOD FEARING PERSON TO ASSIST ME TO INVEST THIS MONEY IN THE HOUSE OF THE
LORD OR IN A VERY REASONABLE BUSINESS THAT WILL BENEFIT ALL.

BECAUSE WE HAVE NO MORE CHILDREN AND MY HUSBAND DO NOT WANT ANY OF HIS RELATIVES
TO LAY THEIR HANDS ON THIS MONEY, SINCE THEY DO NOT BELIEVE IN GOD, THEY
WERE ALL HAVING DIFFERENT VISION. THEY WERE ALL INTO CRIMINAL GAMES, DRUGS
TRAFFICKING, CHILD PORNOGRAPHIC, ARMS TRADING AND LOT MORE.
I AM VERY ASHAMED THAT I HAVE ANYTHING TO DO WITH SUCH A DISGRACED FAMILY.
THIS MONEY IS CURRENTLY IN A VAULT WITH A SECURITY COMPANY, IF YOU WILL PROMISE
ME THAT YOU WILL USE THIS MONEY TO ACHIEVE THE WISH OF MY HUSBAND AND ME,
THEN I WILL INSTRUCT THE SECURITY COMPANY TO RELEASE THE CONTENT OF THE VAULT
IN YOUR NAME TO THEIR AGENT COMPANY IN EUROPE.

FOR NOW, WE CANNOT DISCUSS THIS ON THE TELEPHONE TO MAINTAIN CONFIDENTIALITY
SINCE MY HUSBAND'S FAMILY IS AROUND ME ROUND THE CLOCK.
I AM ENCLOSING MY LATE HUSBAND'S EMAIL ADDRESS i.e. rich55buteuba@yahoo.com
FOR YOU TO GET BACK TO ME AS SOON AS YOU CAN!!!!!

FOR I HAVE NO MUCH TIME LEFT! MAY GOD BLESS YOU AS YOU WALK IN THE LIGHT
AND GLORY!

THANK YOU ONCE AGAIN TO HAVING YOUR TIME TO GO THROUGH THIS LONG LETTER

TRULY YOURS

ANNETTE BLESSING BUTEUBA.


























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