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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:
  • "dear sir/madam" (a standard Nigerian greeting phrase)
• This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
  

Fraud email example:

From: "justina jones" <justina_jones09@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: justina_jones200@myway.com
Date: Wed, 08 Nov 2006 13:44:22 -0800
Subject: I Will Help

I Will Help
Dear Sir/MADAM
My name is Justina Jones am 75yrs old of age, i stay in new york city, USA.I
am a good merchant, I have several industrial companys and good share in
various banks in the world.
I spend all my life on investment and coporate business. all the way i lost
my husband and two beautiful kids in fatal accident that occur in november
5th 2003.I am a very greedy woman with all cost i dont know much and care
about people, since when I have an experience of my lovley ones i felt
weak.I found it difficult to sleep and give rest. later in the year 2004
february i was sent a letter of medical check up, as my personal doctor
testify that i have a lung cancer, which can easily take off my life soon.
I found it uneasy to survive myself, beacuse a lot of investment cannot be
run and manage by me again.I quickly call up a pastor/prophet to give me
positive thinking on this solution, as my adviser.He minister to me to share
my property ,wealth, to motherless baby/orphanage homes/people that need
money for survivor both student thet need money/ business woman and man for
their investment for future rising.
So therfore i am writing this letter to people who are really need help from
me both student in college, to conatct me urgently. so that i can make
available preparation on that.especially women of the day, who are divorced
by their husband, why they cannot survive the mist of feeding their
self.please contact me to stop weeping.
probably let me know what you really need the money for, and if you can
still help me to distribute money to nearest orhanages homes near your
town.now am so much with GOD, am now born again.
May the lord bless you, as you reach me,please to remind you,dont belongs to
scammers or any act of fraudulent on internet.Here is my personal Email . I
will give more information to you as i await your response immediately.
thanks.
Justina

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