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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:
  • "will come to you as a surprise" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "i got your address from " (this SPAM email was probably sent to thousands of people)
• 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.
  • adamsmith1@mail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "mrsrita nuhanvaye" <ritanuhanvaye013@hotmail.com>
Date: Wed, 30 May 2007 10:59:45 +0000
Subject: Your urgent assistance in needed

My Dear,

Please, I am contacting you as I got your address from the internet white
pages while searching for a reputable and honest person that I can sincerely
trust to reach out to the poor in the society. Though this medium (internet)
has been greatly abused but surely it is still the most convenient, safe and
secured means of communication.

Do pardon me for the breach of your privacy if it did offend you. I know
this letter will come to you as a surprise, but this letter is borne out of
my desire to contact a capable and kind who will be willingly ready to
accept the responsibility of this humanitarian project. More so, as I am at
the moment incapacitated and can do little from my hospital bed.

I am Mrs. Rita Nuhanvaye, a widow to late Mr. Wesley Nuhanvaye from United
Kingdom I am contacting you from my hospital bed with the use of my laptop
being my only means of communicating with the outside world presently.
I was last month diagnosed of the cancer of the breast which has eaten deep
into me and so stand a little chance of living more than 1 year from now as
my medical experts remarked. But I believe in God's will for me to be done
in my life and not mine.

My main concern is to entrust into your care, the funds which my late
husband deposited in a bank in the United Kingdom long before he died. He
was a very wealthy contractor in Kuwait but was killed by the Iraqi
soldiers during the invasion of Kuwait.
I and my late husband had contemplated running a humanitarian project by the
time he officially retires which never came to pass as he died before
retirement. And with my current illness which could take my life any moment,
I have no choice but to entrust the funds totalling $7,200,000 (Seven
Million, Two Hundred Thousand US Dollars)in to you. You are to open a
charity distribution centre in the form of a Non
Government Organisation and a Non- profit Organisation with this funds. This
will help to bring back smiles to many homeless and under-privileged
children in your society. This Charity Organisation will be managed by you.

In order to help you avoid the temptation of selfishness with this funds,
you are to have 10% of the total funds which will be ($720,000) for yourself
and family. Another 10% will be used to clear all expenses incurred by you
or any other party involved in the process of taking possession of this
funds. The balance should be strictly used for the main project please.
I pray that God will bless you for all your kindness shown to the needy. I
will give you copies of all the documents that cover this transaction if you
are ready and capable of handling it ok. Please if you are willing, kindly
send me the following information's:

1. Your names in full?
2. Are you married with kids?
3. How old are you please?
4. What is your profession?
6. Contact address with phone no.?
7. A copy of your intenational passport or driving license?
8. Bank details of a new account opened to receive this transfer?

Your immediate response will be highly appreciated. and please direct your
reply to my attorney email address (adamsmith1@mail.com)

Remain Blessed,
Mrs. Rita Nuhanvaye

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