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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:
  • "abidjan" (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.
  • tega_lin42@yahoo.it (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: tega_lin22@zipmail.com.br
Date: Tue, 25 Jul 2006 10:01:57 +0100
Subject: =?iso-8859-1?Q?MRS=20LINDA=20TEGA?=

MRS. LINDA TEGA
ABIDJAN COTE D'IVOIRE
TEL. 225 07 95 22 00
REPLY TO: tega_lin42@yahoo.it

DEAREST

MY NAME IS MRS. LINDA TEGA . I AM MARRIED TO LATE MR. MARTIN TEGA .CEO TEGA
OILS FILLING STATION WHO ALSO WORKED WITH TOTAL OIL AS A CONTRACTOR AND
CHAIRMAN/CEO OF THE SIERRA-LEONE NATIONAL GOLD & DIAMOND MINING CORPORATION.WE
WERE MARRIED FOR TWENTY YEARS WITH A CHILD. THIS IS WHERE HE DIED AF4590
CRASHHTTP://NEWS.BBC.CO.UK/1/HI/WORLD/EUROPE/859479.STM WHEN MY LATE HUSBAND
WAS ALIVE WE DEPOSITED THE SUM OF USD 3,000,000 MILLION (THREE MILLION U.S.DOLLARS)WITH
ONE OF GOOD BANK

PRESENTLY,THIS MONEY IS STILL WITH THE BANK. RECENTLY MY DOCTOR TOLD ME
THAT I WOULD,NOT LAST FOR THE NEXT THREE MONTHS DUE TO MY CANCER PROBLEM.THOUGH
WHAT DISTURBS ME MOST IS MY STROKE. HAVING KNOWN MY CONDITION I DECIDED
TO CONTACT YOU TO HELP ME RECEIVE THIS FUND AND ADOPT MY ONLY GIRL OUR DAUGHER
IS JUST 17YEAROLD NOW AND BEEN GROW UP IN AFRICA, SHE HAVE LOW MANTERITY
AND MYHUSBAND'S RELATIVES ARE NOT GOOD AND I DON'T WANT MY FAMILY HARD EARNED
MONEY TO BE MISUSED BY WICKED MEN .

I DON'T WANT A SITUATION WHERE THIS MONEY WILL BE USED IS AN UNGODLY MANNER.HENCE
THE REASON FOR TAKING THIS BOLD DECISION. I AM NOT AFRAID OF DEATH HENCE
I KNOW WHERE I AM GOING TO. I KNOW THAT I AM GOING TO BE IN THE BOSOM OF
THE GOD I WANT YOUR TELEPHONE COMMUNICATION IN THIS REGARD BECAUSE OF MY
HEALTH BECAUSE OF THE PRESENCE OF MY FAMILY RELATIVES AROUND ME ALWAYS I
DON'T WANT ANY OF MY HUSBAND FAMILY RELATIVES TO RECIEVE THIS MONEY. WITH
GOD ALL THINGS ARE POSSIBLE.

AS SOON AS I RECEIVE YOUR REPLY I SHALL GIVE YOU THE CONTACT OF THE BANK.I
WILL ALSO ISSUE YOU A LETTER OF AUTHORITY THAT WILL EMPOWER YOU AS THE NEWBENEFICIARY
OF THIS FUND. I WANT YOU AND THE FAMILY TO ALWAYS PRAY FOR ME

REMAIN BLESSED

MRS LINDA TEGA

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