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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:
  • "a security company " (this will cost you money - that's what the scam is about)
• This email message is a "dying widow" scam.

Fraud email example:

From: "Mrs. Aisha Ahmed" <aishaahmed25@yahoo.com> (may be fake)
Date: Tue, 14 Feb 2006 16:39:26 +0700
Subject: Assistance.

I am Mrs Aisha Ahmed, I am married to Dr .Mustapha Ahmed, who is the CHIARMAN OF THE Sierra-Leonian GOLD MINE CORPORATION FOR MANY YEARS before he died in the year 2002. We were married for thirthy eight years with a son. My husband died after a brief illness that lasted for only three days. When my late husband was alive he deposited the sum of Ten point five million ($10.5 Million) this money is in the custody of a security company in Bangkok Thailand ,However the security company do not know the real content as it registered as family treasure for safety reason.
After some months now my Doctor told me that I would not last for the 10 months due to cancer problem.Having known my condition I decided to find some one who will help my son to invest part of this fund to a muslim,organization/individual for the propagation of islamic studies and a cancer institute or whatever that will suite the ways of ALLAH THE ALMIGHTY and this was the wish of my late husband.
I want an organization or good person that will help my son to invest part of this money and use the rest of this fund for orphanages, widows and other peoples that needs help and also propagating the word of ALLAH. l took this decision because I don't have any other thing to do with this money and my husband relatives are not even good at all because they are responsible for the death of my husband in other to have all my late husband prperties and I don't want my husband's efforts to be used by those that conspired for his death.
Please assure me that you will act accordingly as I Stated here in. Hoping to receive your response immedaitely.
Thanks
Mrs AISHA / Son ISSA Ahmed

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