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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:
  • "million united states dollars" (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)
  • "cotonou" (a location commonly mentioned in 419 scams)
  • "god fearing " (scammers in West Africa like to use religious phrases)
• This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
  
• 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.
  • fatima_s10@yahoo.it (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: f_seagal3@zipmail.com.br
Date: Fri, 14 Dec 2007 12:42:37 +0100
Subject: =?iso-8859-1?Q?good=20lord=20bless=20you?=

Friend in the Lord


Please use this money for the Churches/Islamics and Less Privileged in the
world.Greetings to you and your family in the name of God,in my search for
a reliable and God fearing person and having gotten your contact through
prayers and pains taking efforts via searching i made on the internet on
my bed side.

I have decided to seek your help in carrying out my last wishes.My name
is Mrs Fatima seagal, I'm a 58 years old woman and my Country is Sierra-
Leone,i was a merchant and owned two businesses in Dubai,i was also married
with two children.My husband and two children where involved in a plane
crash in the Dec,25th website.
http://www.cnn.com/2003/WORLD/africa/12/26/benin.crash/index.html Before
this happened,my business and concern for making money was all I care for,i
never really cared about other values in life. But since the loss of my
family, I have found a new desire to assist helpless families,i have been
helping orphans in orphanage/motherless,i have also donated some money for
humanitarian needs,only recently I saw on television the
colossal loss of properties and livelihood people in Canberra,
Australia through fire.

I was moved with great pity and compassion that I decided to make this contribution
on assisting people over there or any part of the world like Asia/ Europe
and America that might still need any financial help,i have kept (US,15
Million)fifteen Million United States Dollars in a long-term deposit in
a Finance company in Cotonou Benin Republic West Africa.

Presently, I'm in a hospital where I have been undergoing
treatment for Oesophagi Cancer at International Memorial Hospital Cotonou.
I have since lost my ability to talk and my doctors have told me that I
have only few weeks to live,It is my last wish to see this money distributed
to victims of the fire outbreak in Australia and other charity organization
in the World like i said,i have enclosed for you the Current Photogragh
I took below Because relatives and friends have plundered so much of my
wealth since my illness,I cannot live with the agony entrusting this huge
responsibility to any of them.

Please, I beg you in the name of God to help me collect the deposit with
the help of my Lawyer and distributes it accordingly Use your judgment
to distribute the money and keep 20% of it to yourself.Feel free to re-imburse
yourself when you have the money for any expences you made during the process
of collecting/claiming the Funds on my behalf.

Please If you are willing to help,please reply as soon as possible,again
I will allow you to communicate with the financial company directly upon
the receipt of your reply because I want this project to be completed before
the end of this month before i die according to the Doctor.

And also attach to me in your return mail your personal details for familiarity,May
the good lord bless you.

1.Your Full Names
2.Your Age/ Sex
3.Your Marital Status
4.Your Occupation
5.Your Mobile Numbers/Fax
6.Your International Passport/Working ID/Driving Lincence.

Please,reply to my Private Email: fatima_s10@yahoo.it
Regards,

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