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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:
  • "hundred thousand u.s 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.
  • iyesaismiana56@aim.com

Fraud email example:

From: INFO MAIL <infomailinc@yahoo.co.uk>
Date: Mon, 02 Jul 2007 17:50:16 +0200
Subject: DEAREST ONE




Date:02:07:2007 PRAISE GOD ,THE MOST MERCIFUL. DEAR, I AM ALHAJA IYESA ISMIANA, FROM KUWAIT.I AM MARRIED TO LATE SIMON USMAN ISAMIANA OF BLESSED MEMORY WHO WORKED WITH KUWAIT EMBASSY IN SUDAN FOR NINE YEARS BEFORE DIED IN THE YEAR 2000. WE WERE MARRIED FOR ELEVEN YEARS WITHOUT A CHILD.HE DIED AFTER A BRIEF ILLNESS THAT LASTED FOR ONLY FOUR DAYS.WE WERE DEVOTED CHRISTAINS. SINCE HIS DEATH,I HAVE BEING BATTLING WITH CANCER AND FABROID PROBLEMS.WHEN MY LATE HUSBAND WAS ALIVE,HE DEPOSITED THE SUM OF $4.6MILLION(FOUR MILLION SIX HUNDRED THOUSAND U.S DOLLARS),WITH AN OVERSEA SECURITY COMPANY. PRESENTLY,THIS MONEY IS STILL WITH THE SECURITY COMPANY. RECENTLY,MY DOCTOR TOLD ME THAT I WOULD NOT LAST FOR THE NEXT THREE MONTHS DUE TO CANCER PROBLEM.THOUGH, WHAT DISTURBS ME MOST IS MY STROKE SICKNESS.HAVING KNOWN MY CONDITION,I DECIDED TO DONATE THIS MONEY TO EITHER A CHRISTAIN ORGANISATION OR DEVOTED CHRISTAIN INDIVIDUAL THAT WILL UTILIZE THIS MONEY THE WAY I AM GOING TO INSTRUCT HERE-IN. I WANT THIS CHRISTAIN ORGANISATION OR INDIVIDUAL TO USE THIS MONEY IN ALL SINCERITY TO FUND CHURCHES, ORPHANAGES, WIDOWS,AND ALSO PROPAGATING THE WORD OF GOD AND TO ENSURE THAT THE SOCIETY UPHOLDS THE VIEWS AND THE BELIEF OF THE HOLY BIBLE. THE HOLY BIBLE EMPHASIZED SO MUCH ON GOD´S MERCY AND THIS HAS ENCOURAGED ME TO TAKE THIS BOLD STEP.I TOOK THIS DECISION BECAUSE I DO NOT HAVE ANY CHILD THAT WILL INHERIT THIS MONEY AND MY HUSBAND RELATIVES ARE MUSLIMS AND I DONT WANT MY HUSBAND´S HARD EARNED MONEY TO BE MISUSED BY PEOPLE I CALLED UNBELIVERS. I DONT WANT A SITUATION WHERE THIS MONEY WILL BE USED IN AN UNHOLY MANNER, HENCE THE REASON FOR TAKING THIS BOLD DECISION.I KNOW THAT AFTER DEATH, I WILL BE WITH GOD THE MOST BENEFICIENT AND THE MOST MERCIFUL. I DONT NEED ANY TELEPHONE COMMUNICATION IN THIS REGARDS BECAUSE OF MY HEALTH, AND BECAUSE OF THE PRESENCE OF MY HUSBAND´S RELATIVES AROUND ME ALWAYS. I DONT WANT THEM TO KNOW ABOUT THIS DEVELOPMENT.WITH GOD, ALL THINGS ARE POSSIBLE. AS SOON AS I RECEIVE YOUR REPLY,I SHALL GIVE YOU THE CONTACT OF THE SECURITY COMPANY. I WILL ALSO ISSUE YOU A LETTER OF AUTHORITY THAT WILL PROVE YOU AS THE ORIGINAL-BENEFICIARY OF THIS FUND.I WANT YOU AND THE CHRISTAIN COMMUNITY WHERE YOU RESIDE TO ALWAYS PRAY FOR ME.

MY HAPPINESS IS THAT I LIVED A LIFE OF A DEVOTED CHRISTAIN WORTHY OF EMULATION.WHOEVER THAT WANTS TO SERVE THE LORD MUST SERVE HIM IN TRUTH AND IN FAIRNESS.PLEASE, ALWAYS BE PRAYERFUL ALL THROUGH YOUR LIFE. ANY DELAY IN YOUR REPLY WILL GIVE ME ROOM IN SOURCING FOR A CHRISTAIN ORGANISATION OR A DEVOTED CHRISTAIN FOR THIS SAME PURPOSE.UNTIL I HEAR FROM YOU,MY DREAM WILL REST SGUARELY ON YOUR SHOULDERS. REPLY TO E.mail: iyesaismiana56@aim.com MAY THE ALMAIGHTY GOD CONTINUE TO GUIDE AND PROTECT YOU. BEST REGARDS,
IYESA ISMIANA




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