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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 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.
  • ato2007kwasi@yahoo.co.uk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "ato kwasi" <deaconato_kwasi@hotmail.com>
Date: Mon, 16 Apr 2007 15:22:13 +0000
Subject: KINGDOM WORK.

DEAR BELOVED ONE,

I AM DEACON ATO KWASI OF DEMONSTRATION MINISTRY WORLDWIDE.
BASICALLY A PRAYER AND DELIVERANCE
MINISTRY. I BECAME A BORN AGAIN JUST LAST YEAR, AND
AFTER RECEIVING SALVATION, I DEMANDED FROM OUR LORD
JESUS CHRIST TO GIVE ME THE OPPORTUNITY TO PURIFY WHAT
REMAINS OF MY WEALTH AND TO REDEEM MY LIFE AS A VESSLE
IN HIS VINE-YARD. DURING PRAYER AND FASTING SECTION IN
MY MINISTRY, GOD DIVINELY REVEALED TO ME TO INVEST IN
HIS KINGDOM THROUGH YOU AND YOUR MINISTRY. STANDING ON
MALACHI 3:10 AS MY PORTION, I NOW DECIDED TO CONTACT
YOU FOR GOD SAID WE SHOULD NOT NEGLECT THE GIFT THAT
IS IN THEE, ESPECIALLY WHEN IT HAS BEEN GIVEN BY
PROPHECY; 1TIMOTHY 4:14. CONTACT ME ON MY EMAIL ADDRESS
IMMEDAITELY TO DIRECT IN THE MANNERS GOD HAS
DIVINELY REVEALED. THE ENTIRE FUNDS SHOULD BE EXPENDED
IN HIS KINGDOM. YOU CAN ALSO WRITE ME THROUGH THIS EMAILL
ADDRESS,ato2007kwasi@yahoo.co.uk

REMAIN BLESSED,
DEACON ATO KWASI.

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