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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:
  • "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)
  • "abidjan" (a location commonly mentioned in 419 scams)
  • "calvary greetings" (scammers in West Africa like to use religious phrases)
  • "remain blessed" (scammers in West Africa like to use religious phrases)
• 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.
  • doramicheal1@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: =?us-ascii?Q?=20?= <Doramicheal@seznam.cz>
Date: Fri, 06 Jul 2007 16:44:13 +0200 (CEST)
Subject: =?us-ascii?Q?From=3A=20Mrs=2E=20Dora=20Micheal?=






From: Mrs. Dora Micheal

Dear beloved.

Calvary Greetings in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, I am Mrs. Dora Micheal, a widow to Late Mr. Ostu Micheal who worked with Ivory Coast embassy in Kuwait for nine years before we left to Abidjan where he was re-appointed as a navy officer before his untimely death in the year 2004.
We were married for eleven years without a child. He died in his home country Ivory Coast after a brief illness that lasted for only four days. But before his death we received the grace of baptism and we were both born again Christian and since his death, I decided not to remarry or get a child outside my matrimonial home which the Bible is against.

My reasons of writting to you is this, when my late husband was alive he deposited the sum of 10. 5Musd (Ten Million Five Hundred Thousand U.S. Dollars) in cash concealed in a trunk box and deposits it with a finance-security company here which he declare and register it as family valuables.
Presently, this money is still in the vault of the Security Company. Recently, my Doctor told me that I have developed a severe sickness which is cancer and High Blood Pressure problem but addressed my medical reports to my husband's family as top secret, he revealed to them that i have a little more time to live of about five months.

I later discovered this Medical Exam Report, Having known my condition, I decided to release this money to a church, organization or better still a christian individual that will utilise this money the way I am going to instruct herein.

I want a church or individual that will use this Fund for orphanages, widows, propagating the word of God and to endeavour that the house of God is maintained. "Hebrew 6 tells me to be faithful because God is faithful: verse 10 tells me that for God is not unjust to forget your work and labor of love which you have shown toward his names in that you have ministered to the saints and do minister".

I took this decision because I don`t have any child that will inherit this money and my husband relatives are not Christians and I don`t want my husband`s hard earned money to be misused by unbelievers. I don`t want a situation where this money will be used in an ungodly manner, my reason for taking this bold decision and vow. Ecclesiastes 5:4-5 says When you make a vow to God do not delay to pay it; Better not to vow than to vow and not pay .

I am not afraid of death hence I know where I am going. I know that I am going to be in the bossom of the Lord. Exodus 14 VS 14 says that "(the lord will fight my case and I shall hold my peace").
I don`t need any telephone communication in this regard because of my health, and because of the presence of my husband`s relatives around me always. I don`t 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 Finance-Security Company here where he deposits the box.

I will also issue you a letter of authority that will empower you as the original- beneficiary of this fund. I want you and the church to always pray for me because the lord is my Hope.
My happiness is that i am baptised as a worthy Christian.
My little advise is that whosoever that wants to serve the Lord must serve him in spirit and truth and always be prayerful all through your life.

Please assure me that you will use this money accordingly as I stated herein.
Remain blessed in the name of the Lord as I am hoping to receive your reply.
Yours in Christ.
Mrs Dora Micheal.
PLEASE SEND ALL RESPONSE TO MY PRIVATE EMAILS:doramicheal1@yahoo.com

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