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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:

• 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.
  • infor_woolsen@yahoo.com

Fraud email example:

From: "safonova lyudmyla" <safonovalyudmyla23@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: infor_woolsen@yahoo.com
Date: Mon, 02 Jan 2006 09:35:08 +0000
Subject: FROM MRS,SAFONOVA

From: Mrs. Safonova Lyudmyla.
I am Ms.Safonova Lyudmyla, a person from NIGERIA
undergoing medical treatment. I am married to Dr. Alan
Safonova Chris who worked with Malaysia embassy in
NIGERIA for nine years before he died in the year
2003.
We were married for eleven years without a child. He
died after a brief illness that lasted for only four
days. Before his death we were both born again
Christians. Since his death I decided not to re-marry
or get a child outside my matrimonial home which the
Bible is against. When my late husband was alive he
deposited the sum US$21,500,000.00M (Twenty-one
Million, five hundred thousand U.S. Dollars) in
(Consignment)with one
finance/security company in Europe.
Presently, this money is still with the Security
Company. My doctor told me that I would not last for
the next nine months due to cancer problem. Though
what disturbs me most is my stroke . Having known
my condit ion I decided to donate this fund to a God
fearing individual that will utilize this money the
way I am going to instruct here in.
I want an individual that will use this to fund the
work of God, orphanages and widows propagating the
word of God and to ensure that the house of God is
maintained. The Bible made us to understand that
blessed is the hand that giveth.
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, hence the reason for taking this bold
decision. I am not afraid of death hence I know where
I am going. I know that I am going to be in the
bossom.
If you will be of assistance, I will surely appreciate
and thank you for your kindness in giving me this
help.
YOU ARE TO CONTACT ME THROUGH THIS EMAIL
ADDRESS:(infor_woolsen@yahoo.com).
Thank you and God bless.

MRS,SAFONOVA LYUDMYLA

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