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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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• This email message is a "dying widow" scam.

Fraud email example:

From: (sent from abused email account)
Reply-To: mrsanita_adams227@yahoo.cn
Date: Mon, 13 Oct 2008 17:18:41 -0000
Subject: =?koi8-r?B?R3JlZXRpbmdzIFRvIFlvdSBhbmQgWW91ciBGYW1pbHks?=

Greetings To You and Your Family,

I am Anita J. Adams from Ivory Coast.I am ill and have a Blood cancer,my
Doctors said that it is likely i will die within the next few weeks.I was
married to Late Mr J Adams who was an Ex Contractor with the government of
our Country before his untimley death.

When my late husband was alive he deposited the sum of $8.700 Million {Eight
Million Seven Hundered thousand USD} with one of the leading Commercial
Banks in our Counry and as i write you, this money is still in the custody
of this Bank.

I have decided that you help me transfer this money out of here to your
country through your help where my only child will be able to futher his
Education also Stay under your care until he grows up as it is not better i
die leaving the money here as i do not have any surviving Relation to take
care of my Child for me since he is too small and also to take care of this
money.
As soon as I receive your reply I shall tell the bank to transfer the money
to you.Please Email Me Now through this email address if you want to help me.

It would be required of you to furnish me with the following of your
information to enable me put a letter to the bank making you the eligible
beneficiary to the funds with them.

You Full Names:
Your Address:
Your Date of Birth:
Your Telephone and Fax numbers:
Your Occupation:
Bank Account Particulars

I beg of you to deal with me honestly and render me your assistance to the
fullest of your capacity. You would be helping a dying woman and most
importantly you would be touching the lives of a huge number of people. I
hope I would be able to count on you while I wait impatiently for the time
to come. My bones are slowly cleaving to my skin.
I hope to hear from you as soon as possible.
In God's Arms,
Anita



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