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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:

• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "utmost confidentiality" (scammers urge victims to keep the transaction secret because they don't want anyone to point out to them that it is a scam)
  • "remain blessed" (scammers in West Africa like to use religious phrases)
• This email message is a "dying widow" scam.

Fraud email example:

From: "Mrs Margret King." <margret_king44@excite.com>
Reply-To: margretking71@yahoo.com.hk
Date: Wed, 16 Jul 2008 12:43:13 +0200
Subject: Please Its Urgent




Hello Friend,




My Name is Mrs.Margret King I am a dying woman who has decided to donate what
I have to charity through you.You may be wondering why I chose you. But
someone has to be chosen. I am 59 years old and was diagnosed&nbsp; for cancer
about 2 years ago,immediately after the&nbsp; death of my husband who had left
me everything he worked for.I have been touched by the lord to donate from
what I have inherited from my late husband to charity through you for the good
work of humanity,rather than allow my relatives to use my husband's hard
earned funds inappropriately. I have asked the lord to forgive me all my sins
and I believe he has,because He is merciful.&nbsp; I will be going in for an
operation,and I pray that I survive the operation. I have decided to
WILL/Donate the sum of $5.5 Million (Five Million five Hundred thousand
Dollars) to charity through you for the good work of the lord, and to help the
motherless,less&nbsp; privileged and also for the assistance of the widows. At
the moment I cannot take any telephone calls, due to the fact that my
relatives are around me and I have been restricted by my doctor from taking
telephone calls because I deserve all the rest I can get.




Presently,I have informed my lawyer about my decision in WILLING this fund to
charity through you. I wish you all the best and may the good Lord bless you
abundantly, and please use the funds well and always extend the good work to
others.If you are interested in carrying out this task,i will inform my Family
Lawyer so that he can arrange the release of the funds to you. I know i have
never met you but my mind tells me to do this,and I hope you act sincerely.I
will pay you 30% of this money if you will assist me because I am now too weak
and frigile to do things myself because of my cancer. NB: I will appreciate
your utmost confidentiality in this matter until the task is accomplished,as I
don't want anything that will Jeopardize my last wish.




Remain Blessed in The Lord Mrs.Margret King




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