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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:
  • "the consignment" (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)
  • "hundred thousand us 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)
  • "your urgent reply" (scammers rush victims so they don't have time to think properly)
  • "calvary greetings" (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.
  • evangmaryjones1950@indiatimes.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "evangmary_jones1950 Gazeta.pl" <evangmary_jones1950@gazeta.pl>
Date: Thu, 5 Jun 2008 14:57:53 +0100
Subject: Dear Beloved in christ,


Dear Beloved in christ,

Calvary greetings in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, I am EVANGELIST

MARY JONES, a widow to Late DAVID JONES, I am 70years old,I am

suffering from long time cancer of the breast. From all indications, my

condition is serious and according to my doctor it is quite obvious

that I may not survive the sickness,although as a christain,I believe

God and I know that I will not die,I will leave to declare the glory of

God.

My late husband and my only son died in plane crash .I am presently

Leaving alone.Our Lord Jesus Christ is my comforter. My late husband

was very wealthy, an industralist and international businessman. We

have a lot of properties including Shares and houses.After the death of

my husband,I made up my mind to travel abroad to live the rest of my

life and continue to do the work of God as a missionary.I called our

lawyer and I instructed him to sell all my husbands properties and

shares to enable me raise some money to continue my mission.

The lawyer sold the Shares and some of the properties and I was able to

raise the sum of $10.5M US(Ten Million Five Hundred Thousand US

Dollars) The fund is in cash,for the safety of the fund till "am able

to travel out.I packaged the fund in consignments and deposited it with

a Security Company. Presently,all the documents concerning the

consignments are with my lawyer.

Now that my sickness has gone to this stage,I am scared and I want the

fund to be used for the work of God all over the world. I have prayed

concerning this donation and I told God to direct me to an honest

Person who will receive this fund and utilise it for things that will

glorify the name of God. After my prayers,I searched the christain site

in the internet,I found your email address and I decided to contact

you.

Please if in your heart you are geniunely and faithfully desired to use

this fund for the propagation of God's work in any form whether for

Charity, Ministry, Evangelical work,please send to me your,

FULL NAMES,
CONTACT ADDRESS,
TEL PHONE AND FAX NUMBER,
AGE,
OCCUPATION.

Once I recieve it,I will give it to my lawyer to make immediate

arrangement with the security company on how the consignments that

contained the fund will be delivered to you.

Send your reply of this mail to my private box below,

evangmaryjones1950@indiatimes.com

I await your urgent reply.

Thanks and God bless you.

Yours In-Christ,

EVANGELIST MARY JONES

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