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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:
  • "dear friend" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "cotonou" (a location commonly mentioned in 419 scams)
• 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.
  • rawaa_talhimet03@yahoo.fr

Fraud email example:

From: rawaa talhimet <rawaa_talhimet03@yahoo.fr>
Date: Thu, 16 Feb 2006 04:18:31 +0100 (CET)
Subject: PEACE AND LOVE BE WITH YOU


Dear Friend,
Prayer costs time... far more precious than silver and gold in today's world.You may be going through a tough time right now but God is getting ready to bless you in a way that only He can. Keep the faith.

I am RAWAA TALHIMET from Baghdad –Iraq, I am married to late TALHIMET AL HAKIM from of blessed memory who was a CONSULTANT ENGINNER in Benin republic for eleven years ,we are married for seven years without a child; he died on the 31st October 1999 in a plane crash,in an Egyptian airline(Egypt - Air- 990) with other passengers on board. You can confirm this from the website below which was published by CNN.http:
(//www.cnn.com/2002/US/03/21/ntsb.egypt.air/index.html)
OR (www.theatlantic.com/doc/prem/200111/langewiesche).Since two years after his death, I too have been battling with both cancer andfibroidproblem.

Recently, my doctor told me that I would not last for the next three months due to cancer problem. Though what disturbs me most is my stroke sickness. Having known my condition ,My instructions were to donate this fund to a charity organization, and God fearing person that will utilize this money and I picked you among the persons God wanted to bless that is why I have agree to give you the 2.4mEuro,(TWO MILLION FOUR HUNDRED THOUSAND EURO) with all sincerity to fund ........
The Word of God emphasizes so much on God benevolence that I make this Decision because I donÂ’t have any child that will inherit this money that my late husband deposit in my name as the next of kin in a finance house in Cotonou Benin Republic.Hence my Husband relatives are fighting for the one they are seeing here while am still alive, I have made a good Distribution for all of them .I know that after death I will be with God the mostbeneficentand most merciful.

As I m presently in the hospital here in Baghdad -Iraq, I donÂ’t need Any telephone communication in this regard because of my health.As soon as I receive your reply and confirmation of your readiness to receive this money and utilize it, This is on the condition that you will take 45% of the fund for yourself, 5% for any expenses you make during the transfer, while you will use the remaining 50% for the less previlege people in the society.

This is in fulfilment of the last request of my husband: I shall give you the contact of the Finance Institution in BENIN with the information to contact them because I have already applied for the release to you and they are waiting my instructionÂ…Â…Â… to effect the transfer which will take place in two working days of your contact and cooperation with them.

I want you to know that this Funds 2.4mEuro(TWO MILLION FOUR HUNDRED THOUSAND EURO) are currently in aFinance house inBENIN awaiting for claim instructions,this Funds you will receive on my Behalf as Gift from a Dying Woman ,you will use it to Bless other less Fortunate ones ,and you will never have any problem with the Law as you will only Pay 450 .00 EURO within the stipulated time interval for the Demurrage and programming of the information in the micro chip compartment of central computer as the authorities demand which is described as selective payment to the receiver to enable the easy and fastest transfer to you in any way you want to receive this fund .

Any delay in your Reply will give room in sourcing for another person for this same purpose contact me through this email at rawaa_talhimet03@yahoo.fr .so that I
will give you text of application so that you will communicate with them direct and have this fund transferred to your position.
Peace and love be with you.
RAWAA TALHIMET.





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