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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:
  • "your urgent reply" (they are rushing you so you don't have time to think properly)
• 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.
  • clara_williams2008@yahoo.fr (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: Clara Williams <clarawil10@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: <clara_williams2008@yahoo.fr>
Date: Wed, 1 Aug 2007 04:20:59 +0100
Subject: Dear Beloved in Christ



From : Mrs. Clara WilliamsNo 20 Kofi StreetOff Avenue RoadNairobiRepublic of Kenya
Pls Reply To This Email: clara_williams2008@yahoo.fr
God Is The ultimate Giver!
Greetings in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, I am former Mrs.Clara Williams, now Mrs.Grace Williams, A widow to the Late Mohammed Williams, I am 73 years old, I am now a new Christian convert,suffering from long time cancer of the breast. From all indications my condition is really deteriorating and it's quite obvious that I won't live more than four to Seven months according to my doctors. This is because the cancer stage has gotten to a very bad stage.
My late husband was killed during the U.S raid against terrorism in Afghanistan when he travelled to Afghanistan to monitor an Hospital / a Humanitarian Foundation (HHF) he was setting up for the benefit of the Afghan masses as of then, whose majority, and 99 percent of them are muslims/ islamic scholars and loyalists, during the period of our marriage we couldn't produce any child. My late husband was very wealthy and after his death , I inherited all his businesses and wealth.My doctors have advised me that I may not live for more than four months,so I now decided to divide part of this wealth, to contribute to the development of the churches in Africa, America, Asia and Europe.
I selected you after visiting the website and I prayed over it. I am willing to donate the fund to you for the less priviledged, churches,orphanages and widows, Propagating the word of God and to ensure that the house of God is maintained.I took this decision upon myself 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 hardearned money to be misused by unbelievers. because I have come to find out that wealth acquisition without Christ is vanity upon vanity.Please I want you to note that, this fund is deposited with a Security Firm. and upon my instruction,you will file in an application for the transfer of the money in your name.
Lastly, I honestly pray that this money when transferred will be used for the said purpose,May the Grace of our Lord Jesus Christ.the love of God, and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit be with you and your family.
Await Your Urgent Reply,Any delay in your reply will give me room insourcing for a church or christian individual for this same purpose.
Yours in Christ.Mrs. Clara Williams (JP).

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