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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:
  • "god fearing " (scammers in West Africa like to use religious phrases)
  • "remain blessed" (scammers in West Africa like to use religious phrases)
• 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.
  • aminabdukarim@yahoo.com

Fraud email example:

From: microsoftinc7@freenet.de
Date: Thu, 06 Dec 2007 17:09:36 +0100
Subject: WARM GREETINGS TO YOU!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


Warm Greetings.



I am AMINA ABDULKARIM from Libya. I am married to Late OSMANABDULKARIM of blessed memory who is an oil explorer in Libya andKuwait for twelve years before he died in the year 2003. We weremarried for twelve years without a child. He died after a briefillness that lasted for only four days. Since his death I toohave been battling with both Cancer and fibroid problems.When mylate Husband was alive he deposited a substancial amount of
money in millions of dollars with a bank oversea. Recently, mydoctor told me that I have only six months to live due to cancerproblem. Though what disturbs me most is my stroke sickness.Having known my condition I
decided to donate this fund to either a charity/orphanage homeor devoted God fearing individual that will utilize this moneythe way I am going to instruct herein. I want this organizationor individual to use
this money in all sincerity to fund charity homes (motherless homes), orphanages, widows.



I took this decision because I don\'t have any child that willinherit this money and my husband relatives are into radicalorganisation and I don\'t want a situation where this money willbe used in an Unholy manner. Hence the reasons for this bolddecision. Please, pray for me to recover as your paryers will goa long way in plifting my spirit. I don\'t need any telephonecommunication in this regard because of my health, because of thepresence of my husband\'s relatives around me always. I don\'t wantthem to know about this development.As soon as I receive your reply onEmail,I shall give you further directives on what to do and howto go about actualising this project.



I will also issue a letter of authority to the Deposit Company authorizing them that the said fund Have being willed to you and a copyof such authorization will be forwarded to you. I want you toalways pray for
me. Any delay in your reply will give room in sourcing foran organization or a devoted Individual for this samepurpose.Until I hear from you by email, my dreams will rest squarely onyour
shoulders. Please, send your response to: aminabdukarim@yahoo.com



Remain blessed.



MRS. AMINA ABDULKARIM

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