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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" (scammers rush victims so they 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.
  • sophia_h13@hotmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: sophia sophia <sophia_h6@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: <sophia_h13@hotmail.com>
Date: Fri, 2 Nov 2007 03:58:39 +0100
Subject: GOD IS THE ULTIMATE GIVER!












cMrs Sophia hiton12 Alnwick RoadLeeLondonSE12 9BTU.k. GOD IS THE ULTIMATE GIVER!Greetings in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ,I am former Mrs.Fatima Setia Johnson, now Mrs.Maria JohnsonA widow to the Late Sheik Mohammed Johnson, I am 73 yearsold,I am now a new Christian convert,suffering from long timecancer of the breast. From all indications my condition isreally deteriorating and it's quite obvious that I won'tlive long according to my doctors. This is because thecancer stagehas gotten to a very bad stage.My late husband was killed during the U.S raid againstterrorismin Afghanistan when he travelled to Afghanistan to monitoranHospital/a Humanitarian Foundation (HHF) he was setting upforthe benefit of the Afghan masses as of then, whose majority,and 99 percent of them are muslims/ islamic scholars andloyalists.During the period of our marriage we couldn't produce anychild.My late husband was very wealthy and after his death ,I inherited all his businesses and wealth, and when inoticed that mycondition is not improving rather it gets worsen by the dayi decidedto divide part of this wealth, to contribute to Charityand the development of the churches in Africa, America, Asiaand Europe.I selected you after visiting the internet and I prayed overit.I am willing to donate the fund to you for charity,the lesspriviledged,churches,orphanages and widows, Propagating the word of Godandto ensure that the house of God is maintained.I took thisdecisionupon myself because I don't have any child that will inheritthismoney and my husband relatives are not Christians and Idon't wantmy husband's hard earned money to be misused by unbelievers.because I have come to find out that wealth acquisitionwithoutChrist is vanity upon vanity.Please I want you to note that, this fund is deposited withaSecurity Firm in London England. and upon my instruction,you will file in an application for the transfer of thefund in your name which i registered as a gold bar withthe security companyLastly, I honestly pray that this money when transferredwill be used for the said purpose.May the Grace of our Lord Jesus Christ,the love of God, andthefellowship of the Holy Spirit be with you and your family.Await Your Urgent Reply,any delay in your reply will give meroom in sourcing for a church, another person or christianindividualfor this same purpose.Please reply me through this email address:sophia_h13@hotmail.com
Yours in Christ.Sophia




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