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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:
  • "barrister" (Barristers (lawyers) mentioned in 419 scams are always fake.)
• This email message is a "dying widow" scam.
• Barristers (lawyers) mentioned in 419 scams are always fake.
• 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.
  • joyubah1@katamail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: joy@ubah.orangehome.co.uk
Date: Wed, 22 Nov 2006 09:54:27 +0100 (CET)
Subject: Dear Beloved Friend


Dear Beloved Friend

Greetings in the name of Lord Jesus Christ, I am former Alhaja Fatima Ubah, now Mrs. Joy Ubah a widow to late Alhaji Sheik Ubah, I am 69 years old and now a new Christian convert, suffering from long time cancer of the breast. From all indications my condition is really Deteriorating and it s quite obvious that I may not live long according to my doctors, this is because the cancer stage has gotten to a very bad stage.

My late husband late Alhaji Sheik Ubah, was killed during the USA raid against terrorism in Afghanistan, and during the period of our marriage couldn’t produce any child. My late husband was very wealthy, who made his money from the Afghanistan’s government, hence I inherited all his business and wealth after his death, the doctor has advised me that I may not live for more that six months, so I now decide to divide this wealth in order to Contribute to the development of the churches in Africa, America, Asia and Europe and for humanity in general.

I selected you after visiting the website and i prayed over it, so I am willing to donate the sum of $10 million US Dollar to you on behalf of your organization to lend a hand in reaching the less privileged and the development of the gospel of our lord Jesus Christ, since I am very sick to handle this my dream on my own.

I want you to know that this fund is in presently in Security Company in Switzerland, where my late husband deposited it as a family treasure, because the security Company never knows that the content in the deposited consignment is money, as they are not allowed to keep money for clients. So and upon your reply I will instruct my attorney barrister Michael Gill Holonis, who presently is in West Africa distributing relief materials to victims of bomb blast in Sierra-Leone, to file in an application of Withdrawal and for a change of names on the consignment to your favor.

All my plans is invest this donation for developing the of our God Words and to take care of the less privileged. So I will want you to also use this Donation according to my plans.

Presently I am writing this letter from a Hospital where I have been taken my treatment, which is why I handed over every thing concerning this Donation to my Attorney, since he has been my family Lawyer for 18 years now.
Meanwhile to process the documents that will be used to withdrawn this consignment from the Security Company I will need some vita information about you on behalf of your organization so that I will forward it to my Attorney immediately, so please confirm this items as below.

1,your full name
2,your mailing address
3,your telephone and fax numbers.

On receipt of this confirmed items I will forward it to my Attorney so that some necessary changes will be made on the documents to enable you have claim to the Consignment/Donation.

Lastly, I honestly pray that this money/donation when transferred to you on behalf of your organization will be used for the said purpose and properly too, because I have come to find out that wealth acquisition without Christ is vanity.

Please note that until this donation/consignment is signed and transferred into your account, I will strongly insist that this transaction most be keep a top secret. May the grace of our lord Jesus Christ, the love of God, and the fellowship of God be with you and your family as I wait your gentle and kind response to this mail. Reply through this email: joyubah1@katamail.com

Expecting to hear from you as soon as possible.

God bless you and your family.
Mrs. Joy Ubah

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