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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.
  • joy_bosco20006@yahoo.co.uk

Fraud email example:

From: "joy_bosco2004" <joy_bosco2004@terra.com.mx>
Date: Sun, 9 Jul 2006 11:22:06 -0600
Subject: DEAR BELOVED IN CHRIST JESUS,


DEAR BELOVED IN CHRIST JESUS,
Greetings to you and your family,
I am JOY,a widow to Late Engr. DAVID BOSCO A DEVOTED CHRISTIAN,I am 64
years old suffering from long time cancer of the breast.
From all indications my condition is really deteriorating
and it's quite obvious that I won't live more than Six months according to
my doctors. This is because the damage the cancer has done to me is very bad
. My late husband and i during the period of our blissful marriage couldn't
produce any child of our own. My late husband was very wealthy and after his
death, I inherited all his business and wealth.
The doctor has advised me that I may not live for more than
Six months but I believe God for a miracle and that it is only by the power
of God that can determine my life span, so I now decided to divide part of
this wealth, to contribute to the development of the less privileged /
motherless homes and poor and churshes and mosque in Africa, America, Asia
and Europe,and most especially overthere in your area where you are.
I selected you after visiting the website and I prayed over it and my heart
accepts you as the right person to help me carry out this duty i have made
for God, I am willing to donate the sum of $9.000,000.00$(Nine Million U.S
Dollars) to you for the less privileged. Please I want you to note that,
this fund is lying in a security Firm and upon my instruction, you will have
a change of ownership of the money in your name which myself and my attorney
will confirmed you right.
Finally, I honestly pray that this money when released to you, will be used
for the said purpose, and not other wise .if you are interested, kindly
contact me through my email: (joy_bosco20006@yahoo.co.uk) May God be with
you and your family as you have the zeal and motivation to work for God
through me.
I await your response to me at once. Here's my private e-mail address
again...(joy_bosco20006@yahoo.co.uk)You can mail me with it.Thanks once more
my dear for your concern towards this issue.
Regards and GOD Bless,
BOSCO JOY.

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