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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 pounds" (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)
  • "barrister" (Barristers (lawyers) mentioned in 419 scams are always fake.)
  • "remain blessed" (scammers in West Africa like to use religious phrases)
• 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.
  • alej_phil@yahoo.it (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "anna morrison" <annamorrisonjpk@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 22 Mar 2008 16:04:00 +0100
Subject: READURGENTLY!!!


From: Madam Rita Osborne.
56 cal bury Street,
Leicester, L15,
England.

Here writes Madam Anna Morris, suffering from cancerous ailment. I am
married to Sir Williams an Englishman who is dead. My husband was into
private practice all his life before his death. Our life together as
man and wife lasted for three decades without a child. My husband died
after a protracted illness. My husband and I made a vow to uplift the
down-trodden and the less-privileged individuals as he had passion for
persons who can not help themselves due to physical disability or
financial predicament.

I can adduce this to the fact that he needed a Child from this
relationship, which never came.

When my late husband was alive he deposited the sum of Ten Million
Pounds (400,000.00 hunderd thousand Great Britain Pounds Sterling) which
were derived from his vast estates and investment in capital market
with his bank here in UK. Presently, this money is still with the
Bank. Recently, my Doctor told me that I have limited days to live due
to the cancerous problems I am suffering from.


Though what bothers me most is the stroke that I have in addition to
the cancer. With this hard reality that has befallen my family, and me
I have decided to donate this fund to you and want you to use this
gift which comes from my husbands effort to fund the upkeep of widows,
widowers, orphans, destitute, the down-trodden, physically challenged
children, barren-women and persons who prove to be genuinely
handicapped financially.
I have decided to donate this fund to you, I do hope you would be able
to utilize this money for the said purpose just as I'm going to
instruct herein. I want you to utilize the funds by creating a charity
foundation called 'WILLIAM MORRISON FOUNDATION' to assist widows and
help accident victims worldwide.

I took this decision because my husband's relatives are Trouble Makers
and I don't want my husband's efforts to be used for trivialities do
not want a situation where my husband's sweat will be used in material
pursuits. This is why I am taking this decision.Moreso because I do
not have any child that will inherit this money and my husband
relatives are bourgeois and very wealthy persons and I do not want my
husband hard earned money to be misused or invested into ill perceived
ventures. I do not want this money to be misused hence the reason for
taking this bold decision. I am not afraid of death hence I know where
I am going. I do not need any telephone communication in this regard
due to my deteriorating health and because of the presence of my
husband relatives around me. I do not want
I cannot give this fund to anybody here in England because my Husband
relatives have people in high places and will frustrate all attempts
within this country. More so they do not know about this Ten Million
Pounds sterling deposit that my husband made. Presently, this deposit
is known by me, our family lawyer and now you.
Contact our family lawyer with this specified email address

Barrister alejandro philip(ESQ)

Email: alej_phil@yahoo.it
Tell him that I have WILLED £400,000 to you by quoting my personal
reference number Law/chamber/solicitors/rt/osb/WILL/9834520012 and I
have also notified him that I am WILLING that amount to you for a
specific and good work.
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.
Any delay in your reply will give me room in sourcing another person
for this same purpose. Please i need assurance from you that you will
act accordingly as I have stated herein.

My lawyer would be waiting to receive your reply, on this E-mail
address below. alej_phil@yahoo.it

Remain blessed.

Your Sister,
Madam. Anna Morris

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