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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:

• An email address listed inside this email has been used in a known fraud before.
• 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.
  • martha_shalom@latinmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: martha Aggrey <martha_aggrey2000@yahoo.com>
Date: Mon, 26 Jun 2006 14:40:42 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: COMPLIMENTS AND PLEASE GET BACK TO ME URGENTLY


GREETINGS VICTIM-FULLNAME,

I APPOLOGISE IN ADVANCE IF THIS MAIL COMES AS AN EMBARRASSMENT.
HOWEVER I WOULD WANT YOU TO SEE ME AS LONELY VOICE OF AN OPPRESSED WOMAN SEEKING FOR HELP.

MY NAME IS MARTHA AGGREY, WIDOW TO LATE REV. PATRICK HENSHAW AGGREY, AND THE GENERAL OVERSEER OF COMMUNITY OF YAHWEH ASSEMBLY PORTO NOVO, REPUBLIC OF BENIN WHO DIED IN TOGO AFTER A BRIEF ILL HEALTH. AS GOD WILL HAVE IT, AS MY HUSBAND LIVED WE HAD NO CHILDREN. MORE TO THIS, I WAS DIAGNOSED OF ESOPHAGEAL CANCER BEFORE HE DIED. TODAY THIS AILMENT HAS KEPT ME BED RIDDEN FOR THE PAST THREE YEARS. I DO NOT INTEND TO BORE YOU WITH MY PREDICAMENTS.

THE HIGH POINT OF THIS MAIL WAS THAT MY LATE HUSBAND HAD A VERY LARGE CONGREGATION HERE AND AS SUCH THE CHURCH HAD A LOT OF FUNDS. NO SOONER THAT MY HUSBAND DIED THAN THE ELDERS OF THE CHURCH DEVOURED ALL THAT WAS LEFT IN THE CHURCH ACCOUNTS AND FORCEFULLY EJECTED ME FROM THE OFFICIAL RESIDENCE OF ME AND MY HUSBAND.

BEFORE MY HUSBAND'S DEATH HE DEPOSITED TWELVE MILLION, FIVE HUNDRED UNITED STATES DOLLARS IN A SECURITY DEPOSIT COMPANY IN EUROPE. THIS FUND WAS RAISED FROM THE NUMEROUS DONATIONS HE RECEIVED AND IN PARTICULAR FROM A SOUTH AFRICAN GOLD MERCHANT THAT REGAINED HIS SIGHT IN OUR CHURCH. HE WANTED TO USE THIS FUND FOR PROPAGATION OF THE GOSPEL IN EUROPE AND CHARITY. THIS FUND WAS DEPOSITED AS FAMILY TREASURES IN THE SECURITY DEPOSIT COMPANY TO KEEP IT FROM THE PRYING EYES OF THE CHURCH ELDERS.

AS IT IS PRESENTLY, MY AILMENT HAS DEFILED ALL FORMS OF MEDICAL
TREATMENT; I AM VERY WORRIED, AS THE DOCTORS HAVE INFORMED ME THAT IT IS TERMINAL. I DO NOT KNOW HOW LONG I HAVE TO LIVE HENCE MY MAIL TO YOU.

I AM LAMB IN THE MIDST OF WOLVES, HENCE I AM SOLICITING YOUR
ASSISTANCE TO HAVE THIS MONEY IN THE SECURITY DEPOSIT COMPANY RELEASED TO YOU SO THAT YOU CAN DISTRIBUTE THE FUND TO CHARITY AND HAVE PART USED FOR THE PROPAGATION OF THE GOSPEL.
MAY GOD CAUSE HIS FACE TO SHINE ON YOU AS YOU RESPOND TO MY MAIL FOR MORE DETAILS VIA MY VERY PRIVATE EMAIL
ACCOUNT:martha_shalom@latinmail.com

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