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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:
  • "your urgent reply" (they are rushing you so you don't have time to think properly)
• 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.
  • evangelistmonicaroger@yahoo.de (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: =?iso-8859-1?q?Evangelist=20Monica=20Rogers?= <evangelistmonicaroger@yahoo.de>
Reply-To: evangelismonicaroger@excite.com
Date: Wed, 26 Apr 2006 01:21:26 +0000 (GMT)
Subject: FAITH OF DONATION


Ich habe eine neue E-Mail-Adresse!Ich bin jetzt unter folgender E-Mail-Adresse zu erreichen: evangelistmonicaroger@yahoo.de

From:Evang Mrs Monica Rogers.

SUBJECT: FAITH OF DONATION

Beloved In Christ,

PLEASE ENDEAVOUR TO USE IT FOR GOD.

Calvary greetings in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, I am Evangelist Monica Rogers, a widow to Late Chief Paul Rogers. I am 61 years old; I am now a new Christian convert, suffering from long time cancer of the breast. From all indications, my condition is reallydeteriorating and is quite obvious that I may not live more than six months, because the cancerstage has gotten to a very severe stage.

My late husband was killed during the Gulf war, and during the period of our marriage we had a son who was also killed in a cold blood during the Gulf war. My late husband was very wealthy and after his death, I inherited all his business and wealth. My personal physician told me that I may not live for more than six months and I am so scared about this. So, I now decided to divide part of this wealth, by contributing to the development of evangelism in Africa, America, Europe and Asian Countries.

I selected you after visiting the website for this purpose and prayed over it, I am willing to donate the sum of $8.000,000.00 Million US Dollars to themotherless baby homes, needy, poor, charity homes and widows too. Please note that, this fund is lying with the security company

therefore i will send you all vital information . Please, do not reply me if you have the intention of using this fund for personal use other than enhancement of evangelism.

Lastly, I want you to be praying for me as regards my entire life and my health because I have come to find out since my spiritual birth lately that wealth acquisition without Jesus Christ in one's life is vanity upon vanity. If you have to die says the Lord, keep fit and I will give you the crown of life. May the Grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, the love of God, and the sweet fellowship of the Holy Spirit be with you. I await your urgent reply.

Yours in Christ

Evangelist Monica Rogers.




- Evangelist Monica Rogers

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