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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:
  • "abidjan" (a location commonly mentioned in 419 scams)
  • "god fearing " (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.
  • liisa.marja01f@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "liisa marja" <liisa.marja01f@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 17 Sep 2008 11:54:48 +0100
Subject: Donation From Mrs Marja-Liisa Saulep


Greetings



I am Mrs.Liisa from Estonia presently undergoing medical Treatment for
cancer.I am married to Mr. Marja Saulep who worked with Estonia machine
building and metalworking company in Cote d' Ivoire for nineteen years
before he died in the year 2002 during the Ivorian political crisis here in
Cote d' Ivoire. We were married for eleven years without children though we
were both born again Christians.

Since his death I decided not to re-marry or get a child outside my
matrimonial home, which the Bible is against. When my late husband was alive
he deposited the sum of $3.5Million accumulated from an onshore engineering
contract awarded to him during the military regime of Gen.Robert Guei with
one commercial Bank.

Presently, the money is still with the Bank unclaimed recently, my Doctor
told me that my condition has worsened and it is obvious I would not survive
unless by special grace of God though what disturbs me most is that I am
diagnosed to be having spinal abnormality.

For this I decided to donate the fund to a church or better still a God
fearing individual that will use it to support orphanage homes, widows and
propagating word of God and to ensure that house of God is maintained.The
Bible made us to understand that blessed is the hand that giveth.

I took this decision because I don't have children that will inherit this
money and my husband's relatives are not Christians and had been
maltreating me with the only motive to take away our properties including
thefunds from me because of my faith and trust in God since his death hence
I don't want my husband's hard earned money to be misused by this
unbelievers. I therefore request you to accept this proposal and help me to
achieve my heart desire.

I am not afraid of death hence I know where I am going. I know that I am
goingto be in the bosom of the lord one day. If you will be of assistance, I
willsurely appreciate and thank you for your kindness in giving me this
help.

Below is my address:

Siège Social: 55 Bd Général de Gaulle
10 BP 399 Abidjan 10 Cote d¡¯Ivoire.
Phone:0022501637059
E: mail *liisa.marja01f@gmail.com*

Thanks,

Marja-Liisa Saulep.

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