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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:
  • "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 next of kin scam.

Fraud email example:

From: "Rebecca Hassan" <reh080@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: rebh080@gmail.com
Date: Sat, 28 Jan 2006 01:32:15 +0000
Subject: MY GOOD WILL

Rebecca Hassan
Plot 2, Ikosi drive
Omole Estate.Lagos.

Good day and God bless, Greetings to you in the name of God Almighty. I am
former Mrs. Memunat Farouk Hasan, now I am Mrs. Rebecca Farouk Hasan a widow
to Late Farouk Hasan Muhammad. 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, Iinherited 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, 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 company.

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 funds 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 in one's life is vanity upon
vanity. I await
your reply.

Best regards,

MRS REBECCA HASAN

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