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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.
• 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.
  • mrsrosemkama@myway.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Mrs Rose Mkama" <mkamarsmrs09@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: mrsrosemkama@myway.com
Date: Thu, 12 Oct 2006 14:38:54 +0000
Subject: Dearly Beloved

Dearly Beloved,
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 his death four years ago. 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. 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 these funds to
better the lives of the less privileged.

Hence, I will need an honest and trust worthy
individual that will utilize this money in accordance
with my instruction. I want it to be used in funding
religious organizations, orphanages and less
privileged and for 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
dubious and unkind to me and I don't want my husband's
hard earned money to be misused.

I am not afraid of death because I know I will make
peaceful eternal rest. 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 good 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 and
other parts of Africa . 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.if you are in for this Kindly reply
this my mail via my private
e-mail:mrsrosemkama@myway.com

yours sincerely,
Mrs. Rose Mkama

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