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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:
  • "your urgent reply" (they are rushing you so you don't have time to think properly)
• 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.
  • magret_jones2006@hotmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Magret Jones" <magretdonation100@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: magretjones@gawab.com
Date: Thu, 14 Dec 2006 04:41:39 -0500
Subject: Donation For You From Mrs. Magret Jones

Hello Beloved,

Greetings in the Name of our lord Jesus Christ,

I write to inform you that I have made a donation of US$4.8 million to
support your activities in life.

I have been briefed to contact you because of your passion for humanity
and sympathy for people with just causes.

I am the former Mrs. Mirian Setia, now Mrs. Margreat Jones, a widow to
late sheik Mohammed Jones,I am 47 years old, I am now a new Christian
convert,suffering from long time cancer of the breast. From all
indications my condition is really deteriorating and it is quite obvious
that I
won’t live more than six months according to my doctors.

This is because the cancer stage has gotten to a very bad stage. My
late husband was killed during the U.S raid against terrorism in
Afghanistan, and during the period of our marriage we could not produce
any child. My late husband was very wealthy and after his death, I
inherited all his businesses and wealth.

The doctor has advised me that I may not live for more than six months,
so I now decided to divide part of this wealth, to distribute to the
development of the church and orphanage homes in Africa, America, Asia,
Europe and Arab countries. I selected you ecause of your passion for
humanity. And I prayed over it. I am willing! to donate the sum of $4.8
million U.S dollars to you and through you for help to the less privileged.

Please I want you to note that this fund is lying in a Bank and upon my
instruction, my attorney, who presently is in Accra Ghana distributing
relief materials to refugees will file an application for the Transfer
of the money in your name.

Lastly, I honestly pray that this money when transferred will be used
by you for the said purpose, because I have come to find out that
wealth acquisition without Christ is vanity upon vanity.

May the grace of our lord Jesus Christ, the love of God and the
fellowship of the Holy Spirit Be With you and your family.

I await your urgent reply.

Mrs. Magret Jones
E-mail: magret_jones2006@hotmail.com

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