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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:
  • "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)
  • "hundred thousand 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)
  • ",000,000" (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)
  • "await your urgent response" (they are rushing you so you don't have time to think properly)
  • "remain blessed" (scammers in West Africa like to use religious phrases)
• 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.
  • ghufran_a1@myway.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "MRS. ABLA AAMINA GHUFRAN" <abla_aamina1@myway.com> (may be fake)
Reply-To: ghufran_a1@myway.com
Date: Wed, 18 Jul 2007 13:50:08 +0400
Subject: THANKS A MILLION.............

MY DEAR,

I CHOSE YOU TO DO GOD'S WORK, NOT MINE, BUT BE REMINDED THAT GOD
WILL BE USING YOU AS A POINT OF CONTACT TO THE LESS PRIVELAGED IN
THE WORLD AROUND YOU. AND SO YOU WILL BE ACCOUNTABLE TO GOD
SOMEDAY ON HOW YOU USED THE FUNDS THAT WAS PROVIDED TO YOU
FOR HIS WORK.

I AM MRS. ABLA AAMINA GHUFRAN; A WIDOW TO LATE MR. MOHAMMED
GHUFRANF ROM KUWAIT.I AM CONTACTING YOU FROM MY HOSPITAL BED
WITH A LAPTOP FROM ROTTERDAM, NETHERLAND.I AM SUFFERING FROM A
LONG TIME CANCER OF THE BREAST WHICH WAS NOT DIAGNOSED IN TIME.
IN ALL INDICATIONS, MY CONDITION IS REALLY DETERIORATING BY THE DAY
AND IT IS QUITE OBVIOUS THAT I MAY NOT LIVE MORE THAN SIX MONTHS,
ACCORDING TO MY DOCTORS. THIS IS BECAUSE THE STAGE OF THE CANCER
HAS GOTTEN TO A VERY BAD STAGE OF LITTLE OR NO HOPES FOR ME TO
SURVIVE IT. BUT GOD CAN STILL DO HIS MIRACLE ON ME.

I AM WRITING YOU TODAY TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE GOOD REPORT I RECEIVED
ABOUT YOUR PERSONALITY THROUGH A GOOD CONTACT I MADE FROM DUBAI
CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, WHERE A LONG LIST OF FOREIGN ADDRESSES WAS
PRESENTEDTOME.AND MY INTUITION TOLD ME TO CONTACT YOU IN THIS REGARD
AND THE SPIRIT OF GOD IN ME NEVER LIES. MY LATE HUSBAND WHO WAS A VERY
WEALTHY CONTRACTOR WAS KILLED DURING THE INVASION OF KUWAIT BY IRAQ.
AFTER HIS DEATH,I INHERITED ALL HIS WEALTH SINCE WE HAD NO BIOLOGICAL OR
ADOPTED CHILD. SINCE MY DOCTORS ANAYLISED THAT I MAY NOT LIVE FOR MORE
THAN SIX MONTHS, I DECIDED TO DEDICATE A PART OF MY WEALTH, TO THE
DEVELOPMENT OF THE CHURCHES AND MOSQUES IN AFRICA, AMERICA, ASIA
AND EUROPE ESPECAILLY TO CREATE SOLUTION TO SOME PROBLEMS OF THE
LESS PREVILLAGED AND ORPHANAGE HOMES.

MY DEAR IN THE LORD, I CHOSE YOU AFTER I PRAYED AND FASTED FOR THREE
WEEKS OVER THIS ISSUE WHILE SEEKING THE WILL OF GOD TO BE DONE. I AM
WILLING TO DONATE THE SUM OF $23,000,000 MILLION U.S DOLLARS, TO THE LESS
PRIVILEGED IN THE SOCIETY. PLEASE BE INFORMED THAT THIS FUND IS IN CUSTODY
OF A SECURITY OFFICIAL IN DUBAI IN THE UNITED ARAB EMIRATES OF ASIA. AS SOON
AS YOU GET BACK TO ME I WILL RECOMMEND TO YOU AN ATTORNEY WHO WILL FILE
IN AN APPLICATION FOR THE NECESSARY DOCUMENTS THAT WILL EMPOWER YOU TO
HANDLE THE FUNDS ON MY BEHALF OK. ALL YOU NEED DO IS TO FOLLOW HIS
INTRUCTIONS AND ALWAYS KEEP ME UPDATED.

LASTLY, I HONESTLY PRAY YOU TO PLEASE UTILISE THE FUNDS FOR THE PURPOSE IT
WAS EARMARKED FOR SO THAT YOU DON'T ATTRACT THE WRATH OF GOD UPON YOURSELF.
IN ORDER TO HELP YOU AVOID THE TEMPTATION OF USING THIS FUND FOR YOURSELF,
I ALREADY MADE A PROVISION FOR YOU TO HAVE ONLY 10% OUT OF THE FUNDS, WHICH WILL
AMOUNT TO $2,300,000 MILLION US DOLLARS (TWO MILLION, THREE HUNDRED THOUSAND
US DOLLARS). AS A GOD FEARING PERSON, THE ABOVE AMOUNT AS IN COMPENSATION WILL
BE ENOUGH TO HELP YOU TO ACHIEVE COMFORT WHILE KEEPING GOD'S FUND FOR HIS WORKS.
FOR THE BIBLE SAYS, GIVE TO CEASER WHAT BELONGS TO HIM AND TO GOD WHAT IS GOD'S.
ALSO, 5% OF THE FUND WILL BE USED TO TAKE CARE OF EXPENSES INCURRED BY ALL PARTIES
INVOLVED FOR INSTANCE, PAYING OF THE LAWYER FOR HIS COMMITTED SERVICES AND ALL
OTHER EXPENSES. BECAUSE I HAVE COME TO FIND OUT THAT WEALTH ACQUISITION WITHOUT
GOD AND GOOD DEEDS IS VANITY, I MADE THE PROMISE TO GOD THAT THE FUND WILL
BE USED FOR HIS WORKS.

I AWAIT YOUR URGENT RESPONSE. PLEASE, SEND A COPY TO MY CONFIDENTIAL EMAIL
BELOW IF YOU ARE SINCERELY WILLING AND CAPABLE, ghufran_a1@myway.com <mailto:ghufran_a1@myway.com> REMAIN
BLESSED AND MAY YOU LIVE LONG.

MRS. ABLA AAMINA GHUFRAN

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