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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 "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.
  • rosemkama2@hotmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "rose mkama" <mkamarose3@hotmail.com>
Date: Tue, 07 Nov 2006 01:34:09 -0800
Subject: Dearly Beloved

Dearly Beloved,
I am Mrs.Rose Mkama from Benin Sarl. I was married to King Mkama the CEO
Veekrol Link Benin , a seasoned contractor in West African Region.
Before his death four years ago. We were married for eleven years without a
child. He died after a brief illness. After his death I decided not to
re-marry or get a child outside my matrimonial home. When my late husband
was alive, he deposited the sum of $4.3Million (four million three hundred
thousand U.S. Dollars) in a Bank. My Doctor told me that I would not last
for the next three months due to cancer problem. Having known my condition I
decided to donate these funds to better the lives of the less privileged.
Hence, I will need an honest and trust worthy individual that will utilize
this money in accordance with my instruction. I want the funds to be used in
funding religious organizations, orphanages and less privileged pr
propagating the word of God. I took this decision because I don't have any
child that will inherit this money and my husband relatives are very dubious
and unkind to me and I don't want my husband's hard earned money to be
misused.

I am not afraid of death because I know I will make peaceful eternal rest. I
know that I am going to be in the bosom of the Lord. Exodus 14 VS 14 says
that the lord will fight my course and I shall hold my peace. I speak good
English in case you want a telephone communication in this regard.
As soon as I receive your reply I shall give you the contact of the Bank,
and my companies in Benin and other parts of Africa . For legitimacy, I will
also issue you a letter of authority that will empower you as the original-
beneficiary of this fund. I want you to always pray for me, any delay in
your reply will give me room in sourcing for another individual for this
same purpose.
please reply me through my private email address:
Rosemkama2@hotmail.com

yours sincerely,
Mrs. Rose Mkama

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