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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.
• 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.
  • mrs.silifat_fayadh@yahoo.com.sg (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Mrs.Silifat Ali Fayadh" <mrssilifat6@me.by>
Reply-To: mrs.silifat_fayadh@yahoo.com.sg
Date: Thu, 5 Jun 2008 02:56:18 +0100
Subject: Most Urgent,


Most Urgent,

I am Mrs. Silifat Ali - Fayadh ,Wife of Late Sheikh Dhari Ali Al-Fayadh
(Prominent Iraqis House of Assembly Member ) who was killed along with
three of his bodyguards and my Son in a suicide bomb attack in
neighborhood of Rashdiya Northern Baghdad. View the Website below for
detail Story of how I lost my influential husband.

http://edition.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/meast/06/28/iraq.main/

I am suffering from cancerous ailment without a child. I have a donation
for you to help me use this gift which comes from my late husbands and my
effort to fund the upkeep of widows,orphans,and needy financially .My
doctor told me that I have limited days to live due to the cancerous
problems I am suffering from. if you know you can utilize those funds by
creating a charity foundation called SALIFAT ALI FOUNDATION to assist
widows and help accident victims worldwide then you can contact me.

My late and beloved husband deposited a huge amount with Diplomatic Vault
for safe keeping. All I need from you is an assistance to transfer the
fund to your country for investment untill I regain my freedom.

Yours sincerely,

Mrs.Silifat Ali Fayadh
Email: mrs.silifat_fayadh@yahoo.com.sg

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