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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:
  • "a security company " (this will cost you money - be careful with upfront payments to anyone you only know through email, especially if they promise you a lot of money. Never ever send money by Western Union or MoneyGram to people you do not know personally. )
  • "might come to you as a surprise" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "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)
  • ",000,000" (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)
  • "cotonou" (a location commonly mentioned in 419 scams)
• 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.
  • mrsheleng3@hotmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: msheleng1@hotmail.fr
Date: Sat, 07 Jun 2008 12:37:06 +0000
Subject: Good Day.



Good Day.

URGENT - HELP ME DISTRIBUTE MY $12 MILLION TO HUMANITARIAN.

This mail might come to you as a surprise and the temptation to ignore
it as unserious could come into your mind but please consider it a
divine wish and accept it with a deep sense of humility.

I am Mrs Helen Georgeand I am a 61 years old woman. I am a South
African married to a Sierra Leonia. I was the President/CEO of CON OIL
INTERNATIONAL-an oil servicing company in Johannesburg. I was also
married with no child. My husband died 3years ago.

Before this happened my business and concern for making money was all
I was living for and I never really cared about other people. But
since the loss of my Husband and also because I had have no child to
call my own, I have found a new desire to assist the helpless, I have
been helping orphans in orphanages/motherless homes/humanitarians. I
have donated some money to orphans in Sudan, Ethiopia, Cameroon,
Spain, Austria,Germany and some Asian countries.

IN SUMMARY:- I have 12,000,000.00(twelve million) U.S.Dollars which I
deposited in a security company in Cotonou Benin
republic as a family treasure & artifiarts,please I want you to note
that the security company does not know the real on tent to be money
and I want you to assist me in claiming the consignment & distributing
the money to charity Organizations, agree to reward you with part of
the money for your Assistance, kindness and participation in this
Godly project.
Before I Became ill, I kept $12 Million in a long-term deposit in a
security Company which I declared as a family treasure & artifiarts.I
am in the Hospital where I have been undergoing treatment for
oesophageal cancer and My doctors have told me that I have only a few
months to live. It is my last wish to see this money distributed to
charity organizations.

Because my relatives and friends have plundered so much of my wealth
since Myillness, I cannot live with the agony of entrusting this huge
responsibility to any of them. Please, I beg you in the name of God to
Help me collect the $12 Million which I deposit with the name of my
late Husband as the next of kin because now due to my health the
security Company is demanding for a next of kin in other to get the
money Transferred in other to see that my last wish is accomplished
which is
Sharing the money among charity organizations. You are at liberty to
use your discretion to distribute the money and feel free as well to
reimburse yourself when you have the money for any expenses in
distributing the money to charity organizations. I am willing to
reward you for your assistance and kindness.

Kindly expedite action and contact me via email at
mrsheleng3@hotmail.com for more details.

May the good Lord bless you and your family?
Best Regards.
Mrs Helen George

N:B: Plaese try to my privatev email address:mrsheleng3@hotmail.com

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