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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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• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "dear friend" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
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Fraud email example:

From: "who frank" <olfachebbii1961@gala.net>
Date: Sat, 19 Jul 2008 12:10:08 +0100
Subject: Dear Friend


*Dear Friend ,
*

*Greeting to you and your family in the name of our Almigty God. *

* My name is Ms CHEBBI OLFA Tunisian by birth. I was Married for six years
to my deceased, husband Dr,BEL OLFA of glorious and blessed memory,He
was a consultant doctor Republic of Benin for nine years. After six years of
our marriage, he died after a brief illness that lasted only for 4 days. *

* **Since his death, I was diagonise with a diseases called Brain cancer,
and this has pushed me to go to diffrent hospitals here and Europe among
specialists to combat the spread of the disease.

Despite all this Efforts, there has not been a positive change. Recently,
my doctor informed me that i will not survive the next two months, since i
recieve this bad news,i then decided to return to Benin in order that my
soul will rest in peace here.

Having Known my health condition, I have decided to donate to a Charity
organization, everything that I inherited from my marriage and my deceased
husband, or a good person who can moraly Use the money for good purposes. *

* *

*Note;You and I've been chosen by those whom God wanted to bless and that is
why ,I have decided to contact you with my fortune of ten million two
hundred and fourtyFive Euros (10,000,245 Euros) with all modesty and
sincerity .*

* **I have taken this decision because I have not had a child in my marriage
that Can inherit this money, nor do I have a family because I marryied a
black man,My family rejected me For this simple reason, that my marriage is
a against the custom of my Family. I could have leave my fortune to my
late husband brothers but they are so wicked that they killed my husband
becaurse of this money believing that they will inherit it if he dies since
we have no child of our own. *

* **Dear,that is why I have invited you to show intrest for this gift. *
*
*

** *Thank you and may the Almigty God continue to bless you and your family
till i hear from you.
*

** *Sincerly Yours
*

** *Ms. Chebbi Olfa *

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