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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:
  • "i have a new email address!" (this SPAM email was sent to thousands of people)
• 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.
  • rosemkam02@yahoo.co.in (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: =?iso-8859-1?q?rose=20mkama?= <rosemkam02@yahoo.co.in>
Reply-To: rosemkama02@walla.com
Date: Wed, 3 May 2006 03:52:31 +0530 (IST)
Subject: read and reply


I have a new email address!You can now email me at: rosemkam02@yahoo.co.in

I am Mrs Rose Mkama from Benin. I was married to King Mkama

The CEO Veekrol Link Benin Sarl, a seasoned contractor in West

African Region. before he died in the year 2002. We were married

for eleven years without a child. He died after a brief illness. After his

death I decided not to re-marry or get a child outside my matrimonial home.

When my late husband was alive, he deposited the sum of

$4.3Million(four million three hundred thousand U.S. Dollars)

in a Bank In BENIN REPUBLIC.



My Doctor told me that I would not last for the next three months

due to cancer problem. Having known my condition I decided to donate

this funds to better the lives of the less privileged. I need honest

and trust worthy individual that will utilize this money in accordance

with my instruction.



I want the funds to be used in funding religious organisations,

orphanages and less privileged propagating the word of God.

I took this decision because I don't have any child that will inherit

this money and my husband relatives are very unkind to me and I don't

want my husband’s hard earned money to be misused.



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 course and I shall hold my peace. I speak French

and little English in case you want a telephone communication in this regard.



As soon as I receive your reply I shall give you the contact of the Bank,

and my companies in Benin. For legitimacy, I will also issue you a letter

of authority that will empower you as the original- beneficiary of this fund.

I want you to always pray for me, Any delay in your reply will give me room

in sourcing for another individual for this same purpose.



Thanks,

Yours sincerely,

Mrs Rose Mkama

- rose mkama

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