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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:

• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "hundred thousand united states 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)
• This email message is a next of kin 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.
  • mrsmartins_pamela@yahoo.co.jp

Fraud email example:

From: (sent from abused email account)
Reply-To: mrsmartins_pamela@yahoo.co.jp
Date: Mon, 1 Dec 2008 23:37:38 +0900 (JST)
Subject: Urgent Urgent!!

Please Reply Urgently!
Reply to mrsmartins_pamela@yahoo.co.jp

Dear,
I am Ms Pamela Martins.Nationality of kuwait.I married to late Mr.Martins Hassen who worked with kuwait embassy in Ivory Coast for nine years before he died in the year october 2007.We where both born again christian.When my husband was alife he deposited the sum of USD$4.8 Million (Four
Million Eight Hundred Thousand United States Dollars)in a good bank in Ivory Coast on my name as the next of kin,presently this money is still with the bank,though what disturb me mostly are my husband death couple with my present condition.

It is my desire to see that this money is invested to any organization of your choice in your country and distributed each year among the charity organizations, motherless baby痴 home, mosques, churches, Schools, supporting destitute aged men and women or whatever you may have in mind that
will be to the benefit of the less fortunate.

I took this decision because I was raised from a motherless baby痴 home and presently, I'm hospitalized in Ivory Coast where I am undergoing treatment for my up coming breast cancer surgery operation which my doctors says that I will not survive.

Please reply as soon as possible to confirming your acceptance to claim the deposit on my behalf so that I will give you all the relevant information that will authorise the release and transfer of the money to you as my duly assigned representative.Attached photo is my present condition in the
hospital.

Thank you in advance for your consideration and I hope to hear from you urgently.

Please contact me at my home email address
(mrsmartins_pamela@yahoo.co.jp)

Yours sincerely faithful

Ms Pamela




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