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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:
  • "abidjan" (a location commonly mentioned in 419 scams)
• 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.
  • katherine_pyotr@yahoo.gr (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "mrskatherine.p Gazeta.pl" <mrskatherine.p@gazeta.pl>
Date: Thu, 26 Jun 2008 04:09:58 +0200
Subject: THE LORDS CHOSEN


*Contact me on this my private mail box:
**katherine_pyotr@yahoo.gr*<katherine_pyotr@yahoo.gr>
*Dearest in the Lord,

I am Mrs Katherine Dallas Pyotr from Kuwait , I am married to Chief Pascal
Mohammed Pyotr. He worked with KUWAIT embassy in Ivory Coast for nine years
before he died in the year 2003. We were married for eleven years without a
child. He died after a brief illness that lasted for only four days. When my
late Husband was alive he deposited the sum of $12.2millon. (twelve Million
Two hundred thousand U.S. Dollars) in a finance and security company here in
Abidjan, he used my name as the beneficiary to the money deposited.
Recently, my Doctor told me of impending danger that is posing a threat to
me due to cancer problem. The one that disturbs most is diabetes that has
plagued me so much.

Having known my condition I decided to donate this fund my late husband left
to a church or oganisation that will utilize this money the way I am going
to instruct herein. I want you to use this fund for orphanages, widows,
propagating the word of God and to endeavour that the house of God is
maintained. The Bible made us to understand that blessed is the hand that
giveth. I took this decision because I do not have any child that will
inherit this money and many of relatives are not Christians and I do not
want my our efforts to be used by unbelievers. I do not want a situation
where this money will be used in an ungodly way. This is why I am taking
this decision. I am not afraid of death hence I know where I am going. I
know that I am going to be in the bosom of the Lord. Exodus 14 VS 14 says
that the lord will fight my case and I shall hold my peace. Whoever that
Wants to serve the Lord must serve him in spirit and Truth. Hoping to
receive your reply.

Contact me on this my private mail box:
**katherine_pyotr@yahoo.gr*<katherine_pyotr@yahoo.gr>
*
Yours In The Lord,
Mrs katherine Dallas Pyotr.*

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