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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:
  • ",500,000" (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)
  • "00,000.00" (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)
  • "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)
• This email message is a "dying widow" scam.

Fraud email example:

From: "MRS JANE ANDERSON" <mrsjaneander15@ig.com.br>
Date: Sun, 3 Aug 2008 01:08:26 +0100
Subject: Dearest Friend, Fear God and give him glory.


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Dearest Friend, Fear God and give him glory.

My name is Mrs. Jane Andersen, I am a dying woman who have decided to donate

what I have to you / church. I am 51 years old and I was diagnosed for
cancer
for about 2 years ago, immediately after the death of my husband, who has
left
me everything he worked for.

I have been touched by God to donate from what I have inherited from my late

husband to you for the good work of God, rather than allow my relatives to
use
my husband hard earned funds ungodly. Please pray, that the good Lord
forgive
me my sins. I have asked God to forgive me and I believe he has because He
is a
merciful God. I will be going in for an operation within the next few days.

I decided to WILL/donate the sum of US$6,500,000.00 (Six million, five
hundred
thousand dollars) to you for the good work of the Lord, and also to help the

motherless and less privilege and also for the assistance of the widows.

At the moment I cannot take any telephone calls right now due to the fact
that
my relatives are around me and my health status. I am adjusting my WILL and
my
family financial consultant is aware I am changing my will and they will
arrange the transfer of the funds to 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.

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.
And Also I will be contacting with you by email as I don't want my relation
or anybody to know because they are always around me.Kindly get back to me
with my private Email Id: mrsjaneanders2@live.fr for a An Urgent
information.



Your's Faithfully,

Mrs.Jane Andersen
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