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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)
• 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.
  • katherine_dallas@mail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: (sent from abused email account)
Date: Sat, 25 Oct 2008 00:44:07 +0900 (JST)
Subject: GREETINGS IN THE NAME OF THE LORD

Dearest in the Lord,

I am Mrs Theresa Pyotr from Kuwait , I am married to Mr Mohammed Pyotr. He worked with Venezuela embassy in Ivory Coast for nine years before he died in the year 2003. We were married for eleven years without a child. He died after a brief illness that lasted for only four days. When my late
Husband was alive he deposited the sum of $12.2millon. (twelve Million Two hundred thousand U.S. Dollars) in a finance and security company here in Abidjan, he used my name as the beneficiary to the money deposited. Recently, my Doctor told me of impending danger that is posing a threat to my
life due to cancer problem. The one that disturbs most is diabetes and partial stroke that have plagued me for so long.

Having known my condition I decided to donate this fund my late husband left to a church or organisation that will utilize this money the way I am going to instruct herein. I want you to use this fund for orphanages, widows, propagating the word of God and to endeavour that the house of God is
maintained. The Bible made us to understand that blessed is the hand that giveth. I took this decision because I do not have any child that will inherit this money and many of relatives are mischievious and I do not want my our efforts to be misused. I do not want a situation where this money
will be used in a vain way. This is why I am taking this decision. I am not afraid of death hence I know where I am going. I know that I am going to be in the bosom of the Lord. Exodus 14 VS 14 says that the lord will fight my case and I shall hold my peace. Whoever that Wants to serve the Lord
must serve him in spirit and Truth. Please revert to me if you are able to handle the task.
Thanks.
Mrs Theresa Pyotr
Contact me on this my private mail box: katherine_dallas@mail.com
Yours In The Lord,
Mrs Theresa Pyotr.




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