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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.

Read more about such scams here or in our 419 FAQ. Use the Scam-O-Matic to verify suspect emails.

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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:
  • "i have a new email address!" (this SPAM email was probably sent to thousands of people)
• 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.
  • violyn2@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: (sent from abused email account)
Reply-To: violyn3@yahoo.in
Date: Sat, 25 Oct 2008 05:50:33 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: URGENT:ATTENTION


I have a new email address!You can now email me at: violyn2@yahoo.com

URGENT:ATTENTION

- I AM THE BLOW NAMED PERSON FROM ACCRA GHANA, I AM MARRIED TO LATE MR. ZAC MORGAN. OF BLESSED MEMORY WHO WORKED WITH KUWAIT EMBASSY IN GHANA FOR NINE YEARS BEFORE HE DIED IN THE YEAR 2005. WE WERE MARRIED FOR ELEVEN YEARS WITHOUT A CHILD , HE DIED AFTER A BRIEF ILLNESS THAT LASTED FOR ONLY FOUR DAYS.BEFORE HIS DEATH WE WERE BOTH VERY BORN AGAIN CHRISTIANS, HIS SUDDEN DEATH RISE MY BLOOD PRESSURE WHICH NOW LEAD TO MY STROKE DESPITE MY FORMAL CANCER FIBROID AND TUMOR WHICH I USE TO SUFFER WHEN HE WAS ALIVE,MY HAPPINESS IS THAT I LIVED A LIFE OF A TRUE DEVOTED CHRISTIAN WORTHY OF EMULATION. WHOEVER THAT WANTS TO SERVE THE LORD MUST SERVE HIM IN TRUTH AND IN FAIRNESS. LEASE ALWAYS BE PRAYERFUL ALL THROUGH YOUR LIFE.FROM: VIOLYN MORGAN,GHANA

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