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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:
  • "abidjan" (a location commonly mentioned in 419 scams)
  • "remain blessed" (scammers in West Africa like to use religious phrases)
• This email message is a "dying widow" scam.

Fraud email example:

From: Mrscathrinejephet <mrslinajephet03@yahoo.com>
Reply-To: mrscathrinejephet@yahoo.fr
Date: Wed, 10 Dec 2008 09:22:24 -0800 (PST)
Subject: Donation From Mrs cathrine Jephet



Donation From=C2=A0=C2=A0Mrs cathrine Jephet
Rue 6/b Trettchvillee
Abidjan Cote D'lvoire.
=C2=A0
Dearest=C2=A0 In Christ,=C2=A0=C2=A0=20
=C2=A0
May the grace of our=C2=A0Lord Jesus Christ, the love of God and the commun=
ion of the Holy Ghost be with you=C2=A0as you read this message, it is obvi=
ous, that this message will meet you with great surprise.

I am=C2=A0Mrs cathrine Jephet=C2=A0=C2=A0from the Republic of Seychelles. I=
am married to=C2=A0Engr.=C2=A0Mike Jephet=C2=A0 who was the Chief Executiv=
e Director of an Oil and Gas producing Company here=C2=A0in Cote D' Ivoire =
for=C2=A0eleven years before he died=C2=A0on the=C2=A0 27th of November 200=
5.
=C2=A0
We were married for eleven years with-out a child. He died after a brief il=
lness that lasted for only four days. Before his sudden=C2=A0death, we were=
both born again Christian. Since his death I decided not to remarry or get=
a child outside my matrimonial.=20
=C2=A0
When my late husband was alive he deposited the sum of $5.2Million (Five Tw=
o Hundred Million U.S. Dollars) in=C2=A0a Security Company here in Abidjan =
Cote D' Ivoire, and adviced me that he used my name as the next of kin and =
that the security company officials does not know the real content of the t=
runk box because he comorflage it as (FAMILY VALUABLES AND TREASURES), and=
=C2=A0it is still with the Security Company up till now.
=C2=A0=C2=A0=20
Recently, my Doctor told me that i have serious sickness which is cancer pr=
oblem, the one that disturbs me most is my stroke sickness. Having known my=
condition now,=C2=A0I have=C2=A0decided to donate this fund to a church or=
individual that will utilize this money the way I am going to instruct her=
ein. I want a church or individual=C2=A0that will use this fund for the hel=
ping of the=C2=A0orphanages, widows, propagating the word of God and to end=
eavour that the house of God is maintained.=20
=C2=A0
For i know that=C2=A0my sufferings of this present time are not worthy to b=
e compared with the glory which shall be revealed in me in the kingdom of G=
od according to the book of [Romans 8:18].=C2=A0 Therefore i am giving out =
this donation in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, for it is written that =
i should give, and=C2=A0 it will be given to me. Blessed is the hand that g=
iveth. I took this decision because I don=E7=A8=9A have any child that will=
inherit this money and I don't want my husband=E7=97=B4 efforts to be in v=
ain. I don=E7=A8=9A want a situation where this money will be used in an un=
godly way.=C2=A0
=C2=A0=C2=A0=20
Please, let my donation be in secret between you and i, as it is written in=
the book of [ Matthew 6:3 - 4].That when you do a charitable deed, do not =
let your left hand to know what your right hand is doing, that your charita=
ble deed may be in secret;and your father who sees in secret will himself r=
eward you openly.
=C2=A0
I am not afraid of death=C2=A0since I know where I am going. I know that I =
am going to be in the bosom of the Lord, because the Lord has been my stren=
ght and hope
=C2=A0
As soon as I receive your reply in acceptance of my donation,=C2=A0I shall =
give you the contact of the security company here in Abidjan=C2=A0Cote D' I=
voire. I want you and the church to always pray for me . My happiness is th=
at I lived a life of a worthy Christian. Whoever that Wants to serve the Lo=
rd must serve him in spirit and Truth.=20
=C2=A0
Please always be prayerful all through your life,and=C2=A0also remember me =
in prayers. May Almighty God make you an eternal excellency and a joy of ma=
ny generations....Amen.
=C2=A0
Hoping to receive your reply and remain blessed in the Lord.=20
=C2=A0=C2=A0=20
Yours Sincerely=C2=A0in Christ,=C2=A0
=C2=A0Mrs cathrine Jephet=0A=0A=0A

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