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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:
  • "the consignment" (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)
  • "hundred thousand us dollars" (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)
  • "your urgent reply" (scammers rush victims so they don't have time to think properly)
  • "calvary greetings" (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.
  • evangelistmary_jones@indiatimes.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: (sent from abused email account)
Reply-To: evangelistmary_jones@indiatimes.com
Date: Wed, 29 Oct 2008 20:38:12 -0700
Subject: Dear Beloved in christ


*Dear Beloved in christ,

Calvary greetings in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, I am EVANGELIST MARY
JONES, a widow to Late DAVID JONES, I am 70years old,I am suffering from
long time cancer of the breast. From all indications, my condition is
serious and according to my doctor it is quite obvious that I may not
survive the sickness,although as a christain,I believe God and I know that I
will not die,I will leave to declare the glory of God.

My late husband and my only son died in plane crash .I am presently Leaving
alone.Our Lord Jesus Christ is my comforter. My late husband was very
wealthy, an industralist and international businessman. We have a lot of
properties including Shares and houses.After the death of my husband,I made
up my mind to travel abroad to live the rest of my life and continue to do
the work of God as a missionary.I called our lawyer and I instructed him to
sell all my husbands properties and shares to enable me raise some money to
continue my mission.

The lawyer sold the Shares and some of the properties and I was able to
raise the sum of $10.5M US(Ten Million Five Hundred Thousand US Dollars)
The fund is in cash,for the safety of the fund till "am able to travel out.I
packaged the fund in consignments and deposited it with a Security Company.
Presently,all the documents concerning the consignments are with my lawyer.

Now that my sickness has gone to this stage,I am scared and I want the fund
to be used for the work of God all over the world. I have prayed concerning
this donation and I told God to direct me to an honest Person who will
receive this fund and utilise it for things that will glorify the name of
God. After my prayers,I searched the christain site in the internet,I found
your email address and I decided to contact you.

Please if in your heart you are geniunely and faithfully desired to use
this fund for the propagation of God's work in any form whether for Charity,
Ministry, Evangelical work,please send to me your,

FULL NAMES,
CONTACT ADDRESS,
TEL PHONE AND FAX NUMBER,
AGE,
OCCUPATION.

Once I recieve it,I will give it to my lawyer to make immediate arrangement
with the security company on how the consignments that contained the fund
will be delivered to you.

Send your reply of this mail to my private box below,

evangelistmary_jones@indiatimes.com

I await your urgent reply.

Thanks and God bless you.

Yours In-Christ,

EVANGELIST MARY JONES *

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