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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:
  • "dear sir/madam" (a standard Nigerian greeting phrase)
  • ",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)
  • "00,000.00" (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)
  • "utmost confidentiality" (scammers urge victims to keep the transaction secret because they don't want anyone to point out to them that it is a scam)
• This email message is a "dying widow" scam.
• Barristers (lawyers) mentioned in 419 scams are always fake.
• 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.
  • roseverson@netscape.net (email address has been used in a known fraud before)
  • fedpeters07@aim.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: rosemary everson <roseverson@netscape.net>
Reply-To: fedpeters07@aim.com
Date: Sun, 04 Nov 2007 08:55:54 +0100
Subject: hello


Mrs. Rosemary Everson
Email: roseverson@netscape.net
Dear Sir/madam,
After going through your profile i decided to contact you for friendship
and assistance and distribution of my inheritance.
My name is Mrs.Rosemary Everson, I am a dying woman who have decided to
donate
what I have to you/ church. I am 59 years old and I was diagnosed of
cancer about 2 years ago, immediately after the death of my husband,
who has left me everything he worked for.
I have been touched by God to donate from what I have inherited from my
late husband to you for the good work of God, rather than allow my
relatives to use my husband hard earned funds ungodly. Please pray that
the
good Lord forgive me my sins. I have asked God to forgive me and I
believe
he has because He is a merciful God. I will be going in for an
operation in less than one hour
I decided to WILL/donate the sum of 2,000,000Euros(two million euros) to you =
for the good work of the lord, and also to help
the motherless and less privilege and also for the assistance of the
widows.
At the moment I cannot take any telephone calls right now due to the fact
that my relatives are around me and my health status. I have adjusted my
WILL and my lawyer is aware I have changed my will you and he will arrange
the transfer of the funds from my account to you.
I wish you all the best and may the good Lord bless you abundantly, and
please use the funds well and always extend the good work to others.
Contact my lawyer (Barrister. Frederick Peterson) with this specified email:
fedpeters07@aim.com and tell him that I have WILLED
2,000,000.00 Euros
you and I have also notified him that I am WILLING that amount to you
for a
specific and good work. I know I don?t know you but I have been
directed to
do this. Thanks and God bless.
NB: I will appreciate your utmost confidentiality in this matter until
the
task is accomplished as I don't want anything that will jeopardize my
last
wish. And Also I will be contacting with you by email as I don't want
my
relation or anybody to know because they are always around me.
Regards,
Mrs. Rosemary Everson.
Happy moments,praise God.
Difficult moments,seek God.
Quiet moments,worship God.
Painful moments,trust God.
Every moment,thank God

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