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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:
  • "00,000.00" (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)
  • "god fearing " (scammers in West Africa like to use religious phrases)
• This email message is a "dying widow" scam.

Fraud email example:

From: "Vivian Nasim" <nnasimm2@msn.com>
Reply-To: viviansalemnasim@live.com
Date: Tue, 13 Jan 2009 09:01:08 +0000
Subject: Re:Private Message!


Dearest one

I have not considered this medium to be the best manner to have approached
you of this issue being that the internet has been greatly abused over the
recent years.I have decided to take this means seeing no other means could
have been faster to reach you than the e-mail . My name is Mrs.Vivian Salem,
wife of late Salem Nasim, an Iraq,Two year ago, I lost my husband Nasim and
my three children - Husam, 15 years old ,Wasim, 12 years old and Merna,
6years old, this happened when American tank shelled our car as the family
attempted to flee heavy fighting in Baghdad.

View the Websit e below for detailed story of how i lost my
family.http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/shared/spl/hi/middle_east/04/vivians_story/html/1.stm

Before my husband and children were killed, he deposited the sum of 6.
500,000.00 (Six Million,Five Hundred Thousand Great Britain Pounds) in a
bank. This is the only money remaining in the account right now. My Doctor
told me that I would not last for the next three months due to cancer
illness. Having known my condition I decided to donate this funds to a
church or better still a God fearing individual that will utilize this money
the way I am going to instruct herein. I want an individual that will use
this fund for orphanages and humanity work.I took this decision because I
don't have any child that will inherit this money and my husband relatives
are not Christians and I don't want my husband´s hard earned money to be
misused by unbelievers. I don´t want a situation where this money will be
used in an ungodly manner.

As soon as I receive your reply I shall give you the contact of the Bank. I
will also issue you a letter of authority that will empower you as the
beneficiary of this fund. Please assure me that you will act accordingly as
I stated herein. this most be kept confidential from eyes and ears of my
husband's family.
Hoping to hear from you.

Regards,
Mrs.Vivian Nasim

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