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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:
  • "million pounds" (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)
  • ",000,000" (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)
  • "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.
  • mrsrthatcher1950@hotmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Mrs Rebecca Thatcher." <thatcherswish70@hotmail.com>
Date: Mon, 8 Sep 2008 22:19:45 +0200
Subject: CLARION CALL.


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From: Mrs Rebecca Thatcher.
No:36 Old Shrewberry Street,
London, England.


Beloved,i am Mrs Rebecca Thatcher, suffering from cancerous ailment. I was
married to Sir Jeremy Thatcher an English shipping tycoon notable for his
great charitable activities before his death in April 2nd, 2006..


When my late husband was alive he deposited the sum of Twenty Million
Pounds Sterling (20,000,000.00 GBP) which were derived from his vast estates
and investment in capital market with his bank here in UK and named me as
the beneficiary of this trust fund.(All records are kept with my family
lawyer).Presently, this money is still with the Bank.


My Doctor told me recently, that I have limited days to live due to the
cancerous problems that i have been suffering from. Though what bothers me
most is the stroke that I have in addition with the cancer. With this hard
reality that has befallen me, I have decided to donate this fund to you and
i want you to use this gift which comes from my Late husbands effort to
establish a charity home for the upkeep of widows,
widowers,orphans,destitute,the down-trodden, physically challenged
children,barren-women and persons who prove to be genuinely handicapped
financially.


I took this decision because I do not have any child that will inherit this
money and my husband relatives are bourgeois and very wealthy persons and I
do not want my husband hard earned money to be misused or invested into ill
perceived ventures, which is the reason i took this bold decision. I do not
need any telephone communication in this regard due to my deteriorating
health and because of the presence of my husband relatives around me. Please
contact me through my personal email address: mrsrthatcher1950@hotmail.com


My happiness is that I lived a life worthy of emulation.Please assure me
that you will act just as I have stated herein. Hope to hear from you soon.


Remain Blessed,


Rebecca Thatcher.



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