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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:
  • "remain blessed" (scammers in West Africa like to use religious phrases)
• 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.
  • rosemary_gu8@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)
  • 3arosemary_gu8@yahoo.com

Fraud email example:

From: "rosemary guei" <rosemarygu14@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 6 Aug 2008 05:53:00 +0100
Subject: GOD BLESS YOU.


*My Dearest One in Christ,
I am MRS ROSEMARY GUEI. a widow from Zimbabwe.I must sincerely and honestly
let you know that i and my only kid is fast depreciating here in
Lome,Republic of TOGO. where we where granted asylum due to the fracas that
erupted my country.If not for God who is our refuge ,we would have been dead
by now. My only husband was killed in the fracas because he was against the
land dispute between the white farmers and the Govt,for this reason,the
loyalties of wicked president Robert Mugabe planned and killed him.*

*Since the death of my husband we have been finding situatin hard,even to
eat good food is a problem,not to talk to clothing,tears on our faces crying
for God's intervention through mankind and likeness.My greatest happiness is
that my late husband secrectly deposited $9.M with A Finance /Security
Company Over Seas unknown to our Govt.I DESPERATELY NEED YOU TO HURRY TO MY
AID DUE TO LAW RESTRICTION TO RUN BUSINESS IN ANOTHER MANS COUNTRY.You are
urgently require to help me run this business to enable easy and smoth
claims without any problem.Kindly forward me your full Name,contact address
and your mobile phone number to enable me forward them to the Finance
Security Company Over Seas for the urgent transfer of the Fund To you as The
New Beneficiary To The Fund and in Your Favour.

I AM WILLING TO OFFER YOU %15 WHILE I WILL COLLECT %80 AND THE REMAINING %5
WILL BE FOR EXPENSES IN THIS TRANSACTION.As Soon as You Indicate Intrest The
Fund will Be Release Directly to With 4 working Days From The Receipt Of the
informations Requested From You.Thanks and i hope i can count on your trust
and kindly keep this transactiuon secrecy for our safety here because this
wicked Govt of my country is seriously looking for us to kill.
Thanks.
Remain Blessed With your Family.
Mrs Rosemary Guei.
Please Send Your Reply to:rosemary_gu8@yahoo.com<to%3Arosemary_gu8@yahoo.com>
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