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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 state 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)
  • "united state dollar" (this email uses bad English)
  • "remain blessed" (scammers in West Africa like to use religious phrases)
• This email message is a "dying widow" scam.

Fraud email example:

From: Juliet Kone <juliet_k09@yahoo.co.jp>
Reply-To: juliet_k08@yahoo.com
Date: Fri, 2 May 2008 12:33:01 +0200 (CEST)
Subject: Dear Beloved in christ


Dear Beloved One,

I am Sister Juliet Kone from Kuwait. i am married to Mr. Henry Kone who worked with Kuwait embassy in Ivory Coast for nine years before he died in the year 2005.We were married for ten years without a child. He died after a brief illness that lasted for only four days
Before his death we were both again Christian. Since his death I decided not to remarry or get a child outside my matrimonial home which the Bible is against. When my late husband was alive he deposited the sum of Seven Million Five Hundred Thousand United State Dollars USD$7.500 left in a storage company here in bidjan , I am a dying woman who has decided to
donate what I have to charities through you. You may be wondering why I chose you.But someone
has to be chosen. I am 43 years old and was diagnose for cancer about 2 years ago, after the death of my husband who had left me everything he worked for. I have been touched by the Lord to donate from what I have inherited from my late husband to charity through you
for the good work of God, humanity, rather than allow my relatives to use my husband's hardearned funds inappropriately to charities through you for the good work of the
Lord, and to help the motherless, lessprivileged and also for the
assistance of the widows.
Presently, I have informed my consultant about my decision in willing
this fund to charity
through you. I wish you all the best and may the
good Lord bless you abundantly, and please use the funds well and
always extend the good work
to others. If you are interested in carrying out
this task, I will inform my Doctor, so that he can arrange the
release of the funds to
you. I know I have never met you but my mind
tells me to do this, and I hope you act sincerely. I decided that 30%
of this money should be
taken by you from the total sum upon the success release of this fund, because I am now too weak and fragile to do things myself because of my cancer

I am not afraid of death hence I know where I am going. I know that I am going to be in the bosom of the Lord. Exodus 14 VS 14 says that "the lord will fight my case and I shall hold my peace". I don't need any telephone communication in this regard because of my health hence the presence of my husband's relatives around me always. I don't want them to know about this development.

With God all things are possible. As soon as I receive your reply I shall give you the contact of my Doctor I will also issue you an authorisation letter that will prove you the present beneficiary of this fund. I want you and the church to always pray for me because the lord is my shephard. My happiness is that I lived a life of a worthy Christian. Whoever that Wants to serve the Lord must serve him in spirit and Truth.

Please always be prayerful all through your life.Contact me on my email any delay in your reply will give me room in sourcing another church for this same purpose. Please assure me that you will act accordingly as I Stated herein. Hoping to receive your reply.

Remain blessed in the Lord.
From Sister
Juliet Kone

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