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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:
  • "abidjan" (a location commonly mentioned in 419 scams)
  • "remain blessed" (scammers in West Africa like to use religious phrases)
• This email message is a "dying widow" scam.

Fraud email example:

From: From Rose Jeffers <miss_rosejeffers6@yahoo.cn>
Reply-To: rose_jeffers79@yahoo.fr
Date: Thu, 31 Jul 2008 23:26:45 +0800 (CST)
Subject: REMAIN BLESSED !!!


DEAR,

I AM ROSE JEFFERS FROM SIERRA LEONE A WIDOW TO LATE GEORGE JEFFERS I AM 45 YEARS OLD, I AM SUFFERING FROM LONG TIME CANCER OF THE BREAST, ALL INDICATION FROM MY DOCTOR THAT MY CONDITIONS IS REALLY DETERIORATING AND IT IS QUITE OBVIOUS THAT I WOUDN'T LIVE MORE THAN THREE MONTHS.ACCORDING TO MY DOCTORS,AND IN ALL INDICATION REGARDS TO MEDICAL ANALYSIS, THIS IS BECAUSE THE CANCER DISEASE HAS GOTTEN TO A VERY BAD STAGE THAT NO HOPE FOR ME TO BE A LIVING PERSON AGAIN.


MY LATE HUSBAND WAS KILLED DURING THE EROSION DISESTER, IN SIERRA LEONE .WHEN MY LATE HUSBAND WAS IN ABIDJAN COTE D'IVOIRE HE WAS THE EXECUTIVE ACCOUNTANT WITH THE ABIDJAN COTE D'IVOIRE MINISTRY OF MINERAL RESOURCES AND ENERGY.

AND DURING THE PERIOD OF OUR MARRIAGE WE COULD NOT PRODUCE ANY CHILD .MY LATE HUSBAND WAS VERY WEALTHY AND AFTER HIS DEATH, I INHERITED ALL HIS WEALTH. THE DOCTORS HAS ADVISED ME THAT I MAY NOT LIVE FOR MORE THAN SIX MONTHS,HAVING KNOW MY CONDITION I DECIDED TO DONATE THIS FUND TO A CHARITY ORGANISATION THAT WILL UTILIZE THIS FUND FOR ORPHANAGE, AND PUBLIC HOSPITAL,SCHOOLS, WIDOWS OR THE LESS PRIVILEGED.

I SELECTED YOU AFTER VIEWING YOUR CONTACT ON A WEBSITE WHICH I PRAYED FOR THREE WEEKS OVER IT WITH ADVISE OF MY DOCTOR, I AM WILLING TO DONATE THE SUM OF $10.5 M U.S DOLLARS, TO THE LESS PRIVILEGED.

PLEASE I WANT YOU TO NOTE THAT THIS FUND IS LYING IN THE BANK IN COTE D'IVOIRE. THE LIFE MADE US TO UNDERSTAND THAT BLESSED IS THE HAND THAT GIVETH,I TOOK THIS DECISION BECAUSE I DONT HAVE A CHILD THAT WILL INHERIT THIS FUND AND MY HUSBAND RELATIVES ARE NO MORE TOO AND I WANT MY HUSBAND EFFORTS TO BE USED WISE AND KINDLY.

LASTLY,I HONESTLY PRAY THAT THIS MONEY WHEN TRANSFERRED WILL BE USED FOR THE SAID PURPOSE EVEN THOUGH I AM LATE THEN, BECAUSE I HAVE COME TO FIND OUT THAT WEALTH ACQUISITION WITHOUT GOOD CONDUCT IS VANITY AND I MADE THE PROMISE THAT THE FUND WILL BE USE TO BUILD THE LESS PRIVILEGED HOME. MAY CARING,HUMBLENESS AND LOYALTY BE WITH YOU AND YOUR FAMILY.

I AWAIT URGENT REPLY.

REMAIN BLESSED

MRS ROSE JEFFERS





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