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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:
  • "trunk box" (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)
• This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
  

Fraud email example:

From: Mrs Mubarak <mrs_mubarak6@yahoo.cn>
Reply-To: numamubarak1@yahoo.cn
Date: Thu, 21 Aug 2008 21:48:51 +0800 (CST)
Subject: FROM MRS NUMA MUBARAK


FROM YOUR ISLAMIC SISTER,
MRS NUMA MUBARAK.

"Salaam alaikum"

I AM MRS NUMA MUBARAK, 65 YEARS OLD FROM UNITED ARAB EMIRATE (UAE). I BECAME A CITIZEN OF COTE D'IVOIRE (WEST AFRICA) DUE TO MARRIAGE WITH DR.AHMED MUBARAK FROM COTE D'IVOIRE WHICH WILL PROBABLY BE MY FINAL RESTING PLACE. I WAS BORN AN ORPHAN IN 1942 IN MY HOME TOWN IN UAE,THEREAFTER WAS BLESSED TO HAVE MARRIED A HUMBLE AND KIND MAN DR.AHMED MUBARAK. WE BOTH STRUGGLED AND WORKED HARD AND THE ALMIGHTY ALLAH BLESSED US ABUNDANTLY WITH RICHES. HE WAS A DEALER IN GOLD, DIAMONDS AND TANTALITE.

I AM NOW OLD AND SICK WITHOUT A HUSBAND AND CHILDREN. THIS HAS MADE ME UNHAPPY. I HAVE NOT RE-MARRIED DUE TO THE FACT THAT I WANT TO CHERISH MY HUSBAND'S MEMORIES. FOR 2MONTHS NOW I HAVE BEEN SERIOUSLY SICK. I AM PRESENTLY IN HOSPITAL SUFFERING FROM CANCER AND I HAD A STROKE WHICH HAS AFFECTED MY SPEECH. THE LEFT SIDE OF MY BODY IS PARALYSED. THE DOCTORS SAY I HAVE A FEW MONTHS LEFT TO LIVE. I COULD BE ABLE TO COMMUNICATE YOU WITH A HELP OF SISTER NURSE DUE TO URGENCY SO THAT I WILL HAND OVER THE INFORMATIONS OF THIS FUNDS TO YOU NOW THAT I AM STILL ALIFE.

I DONT KNOW YOU, I WAS ABLE TO GET YOUR EMAIL ADDRESS THROUGH A SPECIALISED SOURCE AND BY THE LEADING OF OUR GREAT PROPHET MUHAMMED.

BEFORE THE DEATH OF MY HUSBAND HE DEPOSITED US$3.5 MILLION IN A METALIC TRUNK BOX WITH AN INSURANCE COMPANY HERE IN COTED'IVOIRE.

THE DOCUMENTS AND PAPERWORKS ARE WITH WITH MY ATTORNEY.I WANT YOU TO BENEFIT THIS FUNDS FOR ORPHANAGE WORK IN YOUR COUNTRY IN REMEMBERING OF MY LATE HUSBAND"S NAME IN YOUR COUNTRY AND OTHER ISLAMIC COUNTRIES AS WELL.

INSHALLAH,GIVING TO THE POOR AND LESS PRIVILEDGED ONCES IS WHAT BEING A MUSLIM,THANKS BE TO ALMIGHTY ALLAH THAT I AM BURN AS A MUSLEM.

ALL I NEED FROM YOU IS YOUR ASSURANCE THAT YOU WILL USE THIS FUNDS JUDICIOUSLY AS STATED IN THIS MESSAGE BY SENDING ME YOUR DETAIL CONTACTS AND PHOTOS WITH GOOD SUGGESTION TOWARDS THE SAFE TRANSFER OF THE BOX TO YOU IN YOUR COUNTRY. I HOPE IN YOU AS DIRECTED BY OUR ALMIGHTY ALLAH TAALA.
YOU ARE BLESSED.

MRS NUMA MUBARAK.




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