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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. )
• 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.
  • madamsarahjohnson@googlemail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "MADAM SARAH JOHNSON" <madamsarahjohnson@googlemail.com>
Date: Tue, 29 Jul 2008 16:32:33 -0400
Subject: BE MY BENEFICIARY FROM MADAM SARAH JOHNSON






4 Old Church Street,
Chelsea,SW3, England.

I am sorry for bouncing into your privacy. You might not know the sender of
this Mail. But i got your E-mail when searching files on reputable people
online. let me start by introducing myself.Here writes,madam Sarah Johnson
(Phd.Msc,Fsd).Here writes madam Sarah Johnson , I am married to Engineer
Johnson Lawrence an Englishman who is dead.When my late husband was alive he
deposited the sum of 5 Million (FIVE Million Great Britain Pounds Sterling
which were derived from his vast estates and investment in capital market with
a security company here in UK. Presently,this money is still with the online
bank.My Doctor told me that I have limited days to live due to the cancerous
problems I am suffering from. I have decided to donate this fund to you and
want you to use this gift which comes from my husbands effort to fund the
upkeep of widows, widowers, orphans,destitute, the down-trodden, physically
challenged children, barren-women and persons who prove to be genuinely
handicapped financially. As soon as I receive your reply I shall give you the
contact of the online bank in UK. I will also issue you a Letter of Authority
that will empower you as the original beneficiary of this fund. My happiness is
that I lived a life worthy of emulation. Please always be prayerful all through
your life.Please assure me that you will act just as I have stated herein. Hope
to hear from you soon and God bless you and members of your family. you are to
contact me with my most private email address:
:(madamsarahjohnson@googlemail.com)
Thanks
madam Sarah Johnson 

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