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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:
  • "million united states 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)
  • "cotonou" (a location commonly mentioned in 419 scams)
  • "god fearing " (scammers in West Africa like to use religious phrases)
• 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.
  • mrsrjohnson2@yahoo.com
  • mrsrjohnson3@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: mrsrjohnson4@yahoo.com
Date: Tue, 08 Jul 2008 13:52:54 +0000
Subject: Read and reply immediately please.



Friend in the Lord

Please use this money for the Churches/ Islamic and Less Privileged in
the world.

Greetings to you and your family in the name of God,in my search for a
reliable and God fearing person and having gotten your contact through
prayers and pains taking efforts via searching i made on the internet
on my bed side.

I have decided to seek your help in carrying out my last wishes.My
name is Mrs. Roseline Johnson, I'm a 58 years old woman and my Country
is Sierra- Leone,i was a merchant and owned two businesses in Dubai,i
was also married with two children.

My husband and two children where involved in a plane crash in the
Dec,25th
website.http://www.cnn.com/2003/WORLD/africa/12/26/benin.crash/index.html
Before this happened,my business and concern for making money was all
I care for,i never really cared about other values in life.

But since the loss of my family, I have found a new desire to assist
helplessfamilies,i have been helping orphans in orphanage/motherless,i
have also donated some money for humanitarian needs,only recently I
saw on television the colossal loss of properties and livelihood
people in Canberra, Australia through fire.

I was moved with great pity and compassion that I decided to make this
contribution on assisting people over there or any part of the world
like Asia/ Europe and America that might still need any financial
help,i have kept (US,4 Million) Four Million United States Dollars in
a long-term deposit in a Finance company in Cotonou Benin Republic
West Africa.

Presently, I'm in a hospital where I have been undergoing treatment
for Oesophagi Cancer at International Memorial Hospital Cotonou.

I have since lost my ability to talk and my doctors have told me that
I have only few weeks to live,It is my last wish to see this money
distributed to victims of the fire outbreak in Australia and other
charity organization in theWorld like i said,i have enclosed for you
the Current Photogragh I took below Because relatives and friends have
plundered so much of my wealth since my illness,I cannot live with the
agony entrusting this huge responsibility to any of them.

Please, I beg you in the name of God to help me collect the deposit
with the help of my Lawyer and distributes it accordingly Use your
judgment to distribute the money and keep 20% of it to yourself.Feel
free to re-imburse yourself when you have the money for any expences
you made during the process of collecting/claiming the Funds on my
behalf.

Please If you are willing to help,please reply as soon as possible,
again I will allow you to communicate with the financial company
directly upon the receipt of your reply because I want this project to
be completed before the end of this month before i die according to
the Doctor.

And also attach to me in your return mail your personal details for
familiarity,Maythe good lord bless you.

1.Your Full Names

2.Your Age/ Sex

3.Your Marital Status

4.Your Occupation

5.Your Mobile Numbers/Fax

6.Your International Passport/Working ID/Driving Lincence.

You should send your reply through any of this my direct e-mail
addresses written below. I re-peat, you should send your reply through
this my e-mail addresses as stated below only.


mrsrjohnson2@yahoo.com or mrsrjohnson3@yahoo.com


Regards,

Mrs Roseline Johnson

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