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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:
  • "million us dollars" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
• 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.
  • mrs_chillshally@myway.com

Fraud email example:

From: "chillshally28@terra.es" <chillshally28@terra.es>
Date: Thu, 7 Jun 2007 14:52:07 +0200 (MEST)
Subject: Dear Beloved In Christ,


Dear Beloved In Christ,

Calvary greetings in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, I am Mrs. chill shally, a widow to Late shally Sama, I am 70 years old, I am now a new Christian convert, suffering from long time cancer of the breast.

From all indications, my condition is serious and according to my doctor it is quite obvious that I may not survive the sickness, although as a christain,I believe God and I know that I will not die, I will leave to declare the glory of God. My late husband and my only son was killed during (the Ogoni Niger Delta Crisis) and I am presently Leaving alone. Our Lord Jesus Christ is my comforter.

My late husband was very wealthy we have a lot of properties
including Shares and houses. After the death of my husband, I made up my mind to travel abroad to leave the rest of my life and continue to do the work of God as a missionary.I called our lawyer and I instructed him to sell all my husbands properties and shares to enable me raise some money to conitue my mission. The lawyer sold the Shares and some of the properties and I was able to raise the sum of (Twenty million US Dollars) The fund is in cash, for the safety of the fund till am able to travel out, I packaged the fund in consignments deposited it with a Security Company.

Presently, all the documents concerning the consignments are with my
lawyer.Now that my sickness has gone to this stage, I am scared and I want the fund to be used for the work of God all over the world. I have prayed and I told God to direct me to an honest Christ who will receive this fund and utilise it for things that will glorify the name of God.

After my prayers, I searched the Christian site in the Internet, I found your email address and I decided to contact you. Please if you are interested in using thisfund for the work of God, please send to me your full names and addressto enable me give it to my lawyer for immediate arrangement with the security company on how the consignments that contained the fund will be delivered to you.Please reply me through this Email : mrs_chillshally@myway.com

God bless you.

Mrs. chill shally.






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