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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:
  • "remain blessed" (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.
  • hajar.farooqs@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Mrs. Hajar Karam" <mrshajaka@msn.com>
Reply-To: <hajar.farooqs@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 12 Dec 2008 16:33:21 +0000
Subject: I decided to donate this fund through you



Dear.

I am Mrs. Hajar farooq a citizen of Kuwait but currently residing in the United Kingdom for my health treatment. I was married to Late Farooq Karam who was an oil explorer in Kuwait also work with Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) for twelve years before he died in the year 2006. We were married for twelve years without a child, he died after a brief illness that lasted for only four days. Since his death I too have been battling with both Cancer and fibroid problems. When my late Husband was alive he deposited a substantial amount of money worth $8.5 Million with Citi Bank Group Nigeria Branch which I am his next of kin. Recently, my doctor told me that I have only 1 month to live due to my ailment. Having known my condition I decided to donate this fund to charity and motherless babes homes.

About 2 months ago I contacted a man through Internet when I was first admitted in the hospital here in London when the doctor told me that I have 3 months to live. I told the man to stand on my behalf to receive the deposited money my late husband left with Citi bank group Nigeria and distribute the money to motherless babes and other charity homes but I had problem with the man when I told him that 80% of the money will be donated to motherless babes and other charity homes and 20% will be his but due to this the man decided not to go ahead and all his details has been forward to the bank for transfer which I told the bank not to transfer the money to him again.

If you are an honest person and you are willing to distribute the money to where I have instructed above, you should please reply me back with your full Name, Address and Telephone numbers so that I can contact the bank now that I can only write email but can not move around. I need to forward your informations to the bank and also inform the bank that you are my representative of whom the money will be transferred to.

I want you to always pray for me. Until I hear from you by my email address: ( hajar.farooqs@gmail.com )
Remain blessed,
Mrs. Hajar Karam.

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