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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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• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "million us dollars" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
• This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
  

Fraud email example:

From: "Mary Mohamed" <marymohamed11@msn.com>
Reply-To: marymohamed777@yahoo.com
Date: Sat, 14 Jan 2006 17:06:30 +0000
Subject: *MY WIDOW'S MIGHT"

*MY WIDOW'S MIGHT"

Good day and God bless,

Greetings to you in the name of God Almighty. I am former Mrs. Memunat
Mohamed Galal, now I am Mrs. Mary Mohamed Galal a widow to Late Dr. Mohamed
Galal.

I am an old woman; suffering from cancer. From all indications, my
condition is really deteriorating and is quite obvious that I may not live
long, because the cancer stage has gotten to a very severe stage. My late
husband died in an air crash on the 31st October 1999 in an Egyptian airline
Boeing 990 with other passengers on board. You can confirm this fact from
the website which was aired by the BBC WORLD
NEWS:(http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/502503.stm) and my only
daughter died in BOMB ATTACK LONDON.

My late husband was very wealthy and after his death, I inherited all his
business and wealth. My personal physician told me that I may not live for
so long and I am so scared about this. So, I now decided to divide part of
this wealth, by contributing to the well being of less privileged people and
handicapped in the society of world America, Canada, Africa, Europe and
Asian Countries.

This mission, who will no doubt be tasking had made me to recently
relocate to Africa where I live presently. I selected you for this Purpose
and prayed over it, I am willing to donate the sum of $7,300,000.00 Million
US Dollars to you for the development of the well being of handicapped in
the society and also as aids for the less privileged around your country,
and i have map out $1,700.000.00 for your own personal use to help me for
this work.

Please note that, this fund is lying in a Security Bank. Therefore
immediate application for the transfer of the money in your name or your
home. Please, do not reply me if you have the intention of using this fund
for personal use, than enhancement of the comfort of the Handicapped.

Lastly, I want you/your home to be praying for me as regards my entire
life and my health because I have come to find out since my spiritual
birth lately that wealth acquisition without God one's life is vanity upon
vanity.

I await your reply.
MRS MARY MOHAMED

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