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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.
  • jeniwilsonon@netscape.net

Fraud email example:

From: jennifer wilson <bilcuk@hotmail.com>
Date: Thu, 27 Oct 2005 02:23:12 +0100
Subject: I NEED YOUR ASSISTANCE!!


Hello,

My name is Mrs.Jennifer Wilson I am a dying woman who have decided to
donate what I have to you/ church. I am 59 years old and was diagnosed
for cancer about 2 years ago,immediately after the death of my husband, who
had left me everything he worked for.

I have been touched by God to donate from what I have inherited from my
late husband to someone who is willing to use this donation for the good
work of God and for the good of mankind, rather than allow my relatives to
use my husband's hard earned funds ungodly. Please pray, that the good Lord

forgive me my sins. I have asked God to forgive me and I believe he has because
He is a merciful God. I will be going in for an operation, and i pray that i survive the operation.

I have decided to WILL/donate the sum of $1,500,000 (One million five
hundred thousand dollars) to you for the good work of the lord, and to
help the motherless, less privileged and also for the assistance of the widows.
At the moment I cannot take any telephone calls, due to the fact that
my relatives are around me and i have been restricted by my doctor from
taking telephone calls. Presently, my WILL have been adjusted and my
lawyer has been notified.

I wish you all the best and may the good Lord bless you abundantly, and
please use the funds well and always extend the good work to others.
Contact me through this email address jeniwilsonon@netscape.net if you
choose to assist me, so that i can feed you with the information on how to
claim the funds of($1,500,000.00). I know I have never met you but I have
been directed to do this by God, and I hope you act sincerely.

NB: I will appreciate your utmost confidentiality in this matter until
the task is accomplished, as I don't want anything that will Jeopardize
my last wish, due to the fact that i do not want relatives or family members
standing in the way of my last wish.

Regards,
Mrs Jennifer Wilson

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