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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.
• 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 "dying widow" scam.
• 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.
  • mrs_bennycoca@myway.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "mrs.coca benny" <mrs_benny@hotmail.co.uk>
Reply-To: mrs_bennycoca@myway.com
Date: Wed, 26 Jul 2006 20:03:53 +0100
Subject: Dear,Beloved In Christ.

Dear,Beloved In Christ.

Calvary greetings in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, I
am Mrs. Benny coca, a widow to Late coca Sama, I am 70
years old, I am now a new Christian convert, suffering from
long time cancer of the breast.

From all indications, my condition is serious and according
to my doctor it is quite obvious that I may not survive the
sickness, although as a christain,I believe God and I know
that I will not die, I will leave to declare the glory of
God. My late husband and my only son was killed during the
lraq Crisis and I am presently Leaving alone. Our Lord
Jesus Christ is my comforter.

My late husband was very wealthy we have a lot of
properties including Shares and houses. After the death of
my husband, I made up my mind to travel abroad to leave the rest of
my life and continue to do the work of God as a
missionary.I called our lawyer and I instructed him to sell
all my husbands properties and shares to enable me raise
some money to conitue my mission. The lawyer sold the
Shares and some of the properties and I was able to raise
the sum of (two million US Dollars) The fund is in cash, for
the safety of the fund till am able to travel out, I packaged
the fund in consignments deposited it with a Security Company.

Presently, all the documents concerning the consignments
are with my lawyer.Now that my sickness has gone to this
stage, I am scared and I want the fund to be used for the
work of God all over the world. I have prayed and I told
God to direct me to an honest Christ who will receive this
fund and utilise it for things that will glorify the name of God.
After my prayers, I searched the Christian site in the
Internet, I found your email address and I decided to
contact you. Please if you are interested in using this
fund for the work of God, please send to me your full names
and address to enable me give it to my lawyer for immediate
arrangement with the security company on how the
consignments that contained the fund will be delivered to
you.Please reply me through this email: mrs_bennycoca@myway.com

God bless you.

Mrs. Benny coca.

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