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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:
  • "i will like you to " (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "contact me immediately" (scammers rush victims so they don't have time to think properly)
• This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
  
• 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.
  • mrs_agat@yahoo.fr (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From:
Date:
Subject: From Mrs.Agata/Can You Be Trusted

=46rom Mrs.Agata/Can You Be Trusted
Reply to my private email: mrs_agat@yahoo.fr=20

Peace be upon you.

My name is Mrs.Agata, I am a dying woman who has decided to donate what=
I have to you and the charity organization around your community. I wa=
s diagnosed for cancer for about 2 years ago immediately after the deat=
h of my husband who has left me everything he worked for and because th=
e doctors told me I will not live longer than some weeks because of my =
health I decided to WILL/donate the sum of us$15.5m to you since I have=
no child. I wouldn't know how busy you are at moment to make urgent tr=
ip to cote d'ivoire for the claim of this box in person.

You should contact me immediately with your Complete contact informatio=
ns so that I will put you in contact with the establishment to enable y=
ou arrange with them on how to get the money for the purpose mentioned =
above, I can't predict what will be my fate by the time you will reciev=
e the fund, But you should please ensure that the fund is used as l hav=
e described above. Please if you are not interested delete this email, =
But if you are interested Please i will need following informations abo=
ut you.=20

I will like you to be sincere and honest with me in this project.

1.Full names,
2.Age
3.Occupation,
4.Direct phone number,
5.Current residential address.
6.Marital Startus =20
Thanks and God Bless you abundantly.
Yours Respectfully,Mrs Agata
Reply to my private email: mrs_agat@yahoo.fr=20



MMe Agata / peux-je compt=C3=A9 sur vous?
R=C3=A9pondre =C3=A0 mon email priv=C3=A9: mrs_agat@yahoo.fr=20

Que la paix soit sur vous.

Mon nom est Mrs.Agata, je suis une femme mourante qui a d=C3=A9cid=C3=A9=
de faire don de ce que j'ai =C3=A0 vous et l'organisme de charit=C3=A9=
autour de votre collectivit=C3=A9. J'ai re=C3=A7u un diagnostic de can=
cer pendant environ 2 ans imm=C3=A9diatement apr=C3=A8s la mort de mon =
mari qui m'a laiss=C3=A9 tout ce qu'il a travaill=C3=A9=20

pour et parce que les m=C3=A9decins m'ont dit que je ne vais pas vivre =
plus longtemps que quelques semaines =C3=A0 cause de ma sant=C3=A9, j'a=
i d=C3=A9cid=C3=A9 de donner la somme de 15,5 millions $ pour vous puis=
que=20

je n'ai pas d'enfant. Je ne saurais pas comment occup=C3=A9 vous =C3=AA=
tes, au moment de faire des voyage urgent =C3=A0 la C=C3=B4te d'Ivoire =
pour la revendication de cette case en personne.

Vous devriez me contacter imm=C3=A9diatement avec vos coordonn=C3=A9es =
compl=C3=A8tes afin que je vous mettrai en contact avec l'=C3=A9tabliss=
ement afin de vous permettre de s'arranger avec eux sur la fa=C3=A7on=20

d'obtenir l'argent pour les fins mentionn=C3=A9es ci-dessus, je ne peux=
pas pr=C3=A9dire ce que sera mon destin par le moment o=C3=B9 vous rec=
evrez les fonds, mais s'il vous pla=C3=AEt, vous devriez veiller =C3=A0=
ce que le fonds est utilis=C3=A9 comme l ont d=C3=A9crit ci-dessus. S'=
il vous pla=C3=AEt, si vous ne souhaitez pas supprimer ce message, mais=
si vous =C3=AAtes int=C3=A9ress=C3=A9 S'il vous pla=C3=AEt me faudra l=
es informations suivantes vous concernant.

Je vous tiens =C3=A0 =C3=AAtre sinc=C3=A8re et honn=C3=AAte avec moi da=
ns ce projet.

1.le noms,=20
2.Age=20
3.Occupation,=20
4.Num=C3=A9ro de t=C3=A9l=C3=A9phone Direct,=20
5.Current adresse r=C3=A9sidentielle.=20
6.Situation Matrimoniale=20

Merci et que Dieu vous b=C3=A9nisse abondamment.=20
Salutations distingu=C3=A9es, Mme Agata=20
R=C3=A9pondre =C3=A0 mon email priv=C3=A9: mrs_agat@yahoo.fr=20

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