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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:
  • "your urgent reply" (they are rushing you so you don't have time to think properly)
• This email message is a "dying widow" scam.

Fraud email example:

From: "=?iso-8859-1?q?Juliet=20Edward?=" <j_edward1@orangemail.es>
Date: Sat, 29 Sep 2007 13:49:34 +0200 (CEST)
Subject: DEAR BELOVED IN CHRIST


DEAR BELOVED IN CHRIST,

KINDLY GET BACK TO ME VIA MY PRIVATE EMAIL: =20

=20
IT IS BY THE GRACE OF GOD THAT I RECEIVED CHRIST,KNOWING THE TRUTH AND =
THE TRUTH HAVE SET ME FREE.HAVING KNOWN THE TRUTH I HAD NO CHOICE THAN =
TO DO WHAT IS LAWFUL AND RIGHT IN THE SIGHT OF GOD FOR ETERNAL LIFE AND=
IN THE SIGHT OF MAN FOR WITNESS OF GOD=B4S MERCY AND GLORY UPON MY LIF=
E.
I AM MRS JULIET EDWARD, MARRIED FOR SEVENTEEN YEARS(WITHOUT A CHILD) TO=
DR.FRANK EDWARD WHO WORKED WITH CHEVRON/TEXACO OIL DEVELOPMENT=20
COMPANY. BEFORE HIS DEATH IN THE YEAR 2002, WE WERE BOTH BORN AGAIN CHR=
ISTIANS.
=20
SINCE HIS DEATH I DECIDED NOT TO RE-MARRY.WHEN MY LATE HUSBAND WAS ALIV=
E HE DEPOSITED THE SUM OF (US3M)(THREE MILLION US.DOLLARS) WITH A BANK =
IN NIGERIA AND NOW THE MANAGEMENT OF THE BANK HAVE JUST WROTE ME TO COM=
E FORWARD TO RECEIVE THE MONEY OR RATHER ISSUE A LETTER OF AUTHORISATIO=
N TO SOMEBODY TO RECEIVE IT ON MY BEHALF. I CAN NOT COME OVER BECAUSE O=
F MY CONDITION AT HAND.I AM PRESENTLY WITH MY LAPTOP IN A HOSPITAL WHER=
E I HAVE BEEN UNDERGOING TREATMENT FOR CANCER OF THE LUNGS, I HAVE SINC=
E LOST MY ABILITY TO TALK AND MY 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 AND AT THE END OF=
EVERY YEAR DISTRIBUTED AMONGCHARITYORGANISATION. AND FOR YOUR COMPESAT=
ION, AS SOON AS THE MONEY ENTER YOURBANK ACCOUNT TAKE 10%OF THE TOTAL M=
ONEY, WHILE 90% WILL BE FOR THE WORK OF GOD.
=20
I TOOK THIS DECISION BECAUSE I KNOW THAT THERE ARE ALOT OF POOR PEOPLE =
SUFFERING FROM DIFFERENT KIND OF DISEASE AND NOBODY TO COME TO THEIR AI=
D.WITH GOD ALL THINGS ARE POSSIBLE. AS SOON AS I RECEIVE YOUR REPLY I S=
HALL GIVE YOU THE CONTACT OF THE BANK IN NIGERIA WERE THE MONEY IS BEEN=
DEPOSITED .I WILL ALSO ISSUE YOU A "CERTIFICATE OF CLAIM" THAT WILL PR=
OVE YOU AS THE NEW BENEFICIARY OF THIS FUND.=20
KINDLY GET BACK TO ME VIA MY PRIVATE EMAIL: =20

=20
I AWAIT YOUR URGENT REPLY.
YOURS IN CHRIST,
MRS. JULIET EDWARD.

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