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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:
  • "dear beloved," (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
• This email message is a next of kin scam.

Fraud email example:

From: "fatima_ajua Gazeta.pl" <fatima_ajua@gazeta.pl>
Date: Wed, 4 Jun 2008 13:58:13 +0000
Subject: Dear Beloved,


Dear Beloved,

I am Konani Fatima from Angola. I am the only surviving Daughter of
Late Mr and Mrs Alipo Smith,my Father worked with Chevron Corporation
for twenty years before he died in a motor accident with my mother in
the year 2006.

My late Father deposited the sum of $7.5 Million (Seven Million Five
Hundred Thousand Dollars) with a bank here in Cote D Iviore.

Recently,my Doctor told me that I have limited days to live due to the
stroke and cancerous problems I am suffering from.I have decided to
donate this fund to you and want you to use this gift which comes from
my late fathers effort to fund the upkeep of widows and charities
worldwide.

Please i need you to send to me the following informations

1.your full Name.
2.Your private phone and fax number
3) your account number
4)your age and your occupation
5)the name of your bank
6)Any of your ids

I took this decision because I do not have any direct brother or
sister that will inherit this money and my fathers relations are
bourgeois andvery wealthy persons and I do not want my late fathers
hard earned money to be misused.Please, consider this and get back to
me as soon as possible.

Your Faithfully
Konani Fatima

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