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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 next of kin scam.

Fraud email example:

From: Mrs alimatu Kareem <mrsalimatukareem@yahoo.fr>
Reply-To: mrsalimatuku@702mail.co.za
Date: Fri, 28 Jul 2006 08:16:27 +0200 (CEST)
Subject: Urgent Pastor Robert Ised


Urgent Attention Pastor Robert Ised

Sir,
How are you today.
Thank for your mail and the contents are well noted.
I really appreciates your willingness to work with me but can you tell me more about yourself and aslo send me your personal information to enable me forward it to security company as my late husband next of kin.

As you are aware,this money was deposited my late husband and is right now in safe seal metal box in the security company, once i receive your full informations,i will advice them to open write you for the collection.

I want us to handle this transaction on individual now till the security company deliver to you .I am in the hospital now and as such,i cannot print the form you ask me to fill.

Send me all personal informations so that i can send it the security company.
Please update with the true position?
I have been asking you to open an yahoo email messager to enable us to chat from time to time, Kindly do it for my sake.
Also send me your direct moblie today.

Best Regard.
Mrs Alimatu Kareem.






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