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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 mobile phone numbers. Use of such numbers is typical for scams because they allow criminals to conceal their true location. They can receive calls in an Internet cafe from where they send you emails, while pretending to be in some office.
  • +2214256263 (Senegal, probably a prepaid mobile phone)
• 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.
  • gdmchambers@yahoo.com.au (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "mrslinda johnson" <mrslindajohnson1964@yahoo.com> (may be fake)
Reply-To: mrslindajohnson@walla.com
Date: Fri, 29 Sep 2006 09:55:03 +0000
Subject: respect the poors & needies.



Hello dear,

My name is Mrs.Linda Johnson and a widow in a dying situation
who have decided to donate what I have to you/ church.
I am 59 years old and I was diagnosed for cancer for
about 2 years ago, immediately after the death of my husband,
who has left me everything he worked for.I have been touched
by God to donate from what I have inherited from my late
husband to the you for the good work of God, rather than
allow my relatives to use my husband hard earned funds ungodly.
Please pray, that the good Lord forgive me my sins. I have
asked God to forgiveb me and I believe he has because He is
a merciful God. I will be going in for an operation in less
than one hour.

I decided to WILL/donate the sum of $1,500,000 (One million
five hundred thousand dollars) to you for the good work of
the lord, and also to help the motherless and less privilege
and also for the assistance of the widows. At the moment I
cannot take any telephone calls right now due to the fact that
my relatives are around me and my health status. I have adjusted
my WILL and my lawyer is aware I have changed my will you and he
will arrange the transfer of the funds from my account to you.
I wish you all the best and may the good Lord bless you abundantly,
and please use the funds well and always extend the good work to
others.Contact my lawyer at;gdmchambers@yahoo.com.au
+phone;+221 4256263.

Call him and tell him that I have WILLED ($1,500,000.00) to you by
quoting my personal reference number;
Gdm/lj/WILL/9834520012 and I have also notified him that I am WILLING
that amount to you for a specific and good work. I know I do not know
you but I have been directed to do this.

Thanks and God bless.
NB: I will appreciate your utmost confidentiality in this matter until
the task is accomplished as I don't want anything that will jeopardize
my last wish. And Also I will be contacting with you by email as I don't
want my relation or anybody to know because they are always around me.
I gave the lawyer some money which he will use to get all the papers that
will legally enable you have contact with the bank where this fund is for
urgent release and transfer to your bank account.
I confirmed within myself that there is nothing holding me from directly
moving to heaven as even what i had i gave for the needies.

This email may be the last email you will hear from you as the nature of my
health but if its the will of God we should communicate again but if we did
not communicate again, kindly keep my instructions and treat this matter
with highest honesty with the fear of GOD.

Regards,
Mrs.Linda Johnson.

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