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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)
• This email message is a "dying merchant" scam.

Fraud email example:

From: "Ibrahim Umar" <ibumar_0310@msn.com>
Reply-To: ibrahumar77@walla.com
Date: Sat, 07 Jan 2006 03:39:28 +0000
Subject: Dear Beloved


Dear Beloved,

As you read this, I don't want you to feel sorry for me,because, I believe
everyone will die
someday. My name is Mr Ibrahim Umar. a merchant in Saudi Arabia,Tunisia and
the U.A.E. I have been
diagnosed with Esophageal cancer . It has defiled all forms of medical
treatment, and right now I
have only about a few months to live, according to medical experts. I have
not particularly lived my
life so well, as I never really cared for anyone(not even myself)but my
business.

Though I am very rich, I was never generous, I was always hostile to people
and only focused on my
business as that was the only thing I cared for. But now I regret all this
as I now know that
there is more to life than just wanting to have or make all the money in the
world. I believe when God
gives me a second chance to come to this world I would live my life a
different way from how I
have lived it.

Now that God has called me,I have willed and given most of my property and
assets to my immediate
and extended family members as well as a few close friends. I want God to be
merciful to me and
accept my soul so, I have decided to give also to charity organizations, as
I want this to be one of
the last good deeds I do on earth. So far, I have distributed money to some
charity organizations
in the U.A.E, Algeria and Malaysia. Now that my health has deteriorated so
badly,I cannot do this
myself anymore. I once asked members of my family to close one of my
accounts and distribute the
money which I have there to charity organization in Bulgaria and Pakistan,
they refused and kept
the money to themselves.

Hence, I do not trust them anymore, as they seem not to be contended with
what I have left for
them. The last of my money which no one knows of is the huge cash deposit of
eighteen Million Dollars
($18,000,000,00) that I have with a finance/Security Company abroad. I will
want you to help me
collect this deposit and dispatched it to charity organizations,I have set
aside 10% for you and for
your time.

God be with you.

Mr Ibrahim Umar.

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