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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:
  • "a security company " (this will cost you money - be careful with upfront payments to anyone you only know through email, especially if they promise you a lot of money. )
  • "the consignment " (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)
  • "trunk box" (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.

Fraud email example:

From: Mrs Susan Dash <service@snapfish.com>
Reply-To: susandash@sify.com
Date: Thu, 5 Jul 2007 02:53:56 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: Greetings to you in the most wonderful name of our Lord and Savior
Jesus Christ.




Greetings to you in the most wonderful name of our Lord and Savior Jesus Ch=
rist.=20

I am Mother Susan T.Dash from Netherlands.

I was married to Dr. Ahmed Dash who worked with Chevron Texaco in Nigeria f=
or twenty years before he died in the year 2000, May be you must have heard=
about him in the oil firm.We were married for thirty-seven years without a=
child. He died during one of the riot in the Niger delta region of Nigeria=
. He was held hostage and slain to death by protesting youths of the region=
.=20

Before his death we were both born again Christians. Since his death I deci=
ded not to re-marry. When my late husband was alive he deposited the sum of=
$9,500,000,00 Million with a security company in Europe Presently, this mo=
ney is still with the company and the management just wrote me as the benef=
iciary to come forward to receive the money or rather issue a letter of aut=
horization to somebody to receive it on my behalf if I can not come over.=
=20

Presently, I'm with my laptop in a hospital where I have been undergoing tr=
eatment for cancer of the lungs. I have since lost my ability to talk and m=
y doctors have told me that I have only a few months to live.=20
It is my last wish to see that this money is invested the proceed at the en=
d of every year distributed among charity organization.=20

I want a person that is God fearing that will use this money to fund church=
es, orphanages and widows propagating the word of God and to ensure that th=
e house of God is maintained. The Bible made us to understand that blessed =
is the hand that giveth. I took this decision because I know that there are=
a lot of poor people suffering from different kind of disease and nobody t=
o come to their aid.=20

With God all things are possible. As soon as I receive your reply I shall g=
ive you the contact of the bank. I will also issue you a letter of authorit=
y that will prove you as the new beneficiary of this fund. You are to help =
me invest this funds into real estate and stocks. You will be entitled to 1=
0% of every profit you make in a year.=20

Please assure me that you will act accordingly as I stated herein.=20

Note. You can contact the security company=E2=80=9As Correspondence office =
in Europe for verification on the consignment as the funds was deposited in=
a trunk box as a consignment, and the consignment=E2=80=9As code is =E2=80=
=9E555=E2=80=B0 name of depositor Ahmed Dash, present beneficiary Susan T.D=
ash.=20

Hoping to hearing from you soon.=20
Waiting for your reply=20
Yours in Christ,=20
Mother Susan T.Dash




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Mrs Susan says...

Greetings to you in the most wonderful name of our Lord and Savior Jesus C=
hrist.=20

I am Mother Susan T.Dash from Netherlands.

I was married to Dr. Ahmed Dash who worked with Chevron Texaco in Nigeria f=
or twenty years before he died in the year 2000, May be you must have heard=
about him in the oil firm.We were married for thirty-seven years without a=
child. He died during one of the riot in the Niger delta region of Nigeria=
. He was held hostage and slain to death by protesting youths of the region=
.=20

Before his death we were both born again Christians. Since his death I deci=
ded not to re-marry. When my late husband was alive he deposited the sum of=
$9,500,000,00 Million with a security company in Europe Presently, this mo=
ney is still with the company and the management just wrote me as the benef=
iciary to come forward to receive the money or rather issue a letter of aut=
horization to somebody to receive it on my behalf if I can not come over.=
=20

Presently, I'm with my laptop in a hospital where I have been undergoing tr=
eatment for cancer of the lungs. I have since lost my ability to talk and m=
y doctors have told me that I have only a few months to live.=20
It is my last wish to see that this money is invested the proceed at the en=
d of every year distributed among charity organization.=20

I want a person that is God fearing that will use this money to fund church=
es, orphanages and widows propagating the word of God and to ensure that th=
e house of God is maintained. The Bible made us to understand that blessed =
is the hand that giveth. I took this decision because I know that there are=
a lot of poor people suffering from different kind of disease and nobody t=
o come to their aid.=20

With God all things are possible. As soon as I receive your reply I shall g=
ive you the contact of the bank. I will also issue you a letter of authorit=
y that will prove you as the new beneficiary of this fund. You are to help =
me invest this funds into real estate and stocks. You will be entitled to 1=
0% of every profit you make in a year.=20

Please assure me that you will act accordingly as I stated herein.=20

Note. You can contact the security company=E2=80=9As Correspondence office =
in Europe for verification on the consignment as the funds was deposited in=
a trunk box as a consignment, and the consignment=E2=80=9As code is =E2=80=
=9E555=E2=80=B0 name of depositor Ahmed Dash, present beneficiary Susan T.D=
ash.=20

Hoping to hearing from you soon.=20
Waiting for your reply=20
Yours in Christ,=20
Mother Susan T.Dash

=20
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