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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.
  • mrs_suzanne0001@yahoo.co.uk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: suzanne jajar <suzanne-jajar-2@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: <mrs_suzanne0001@yahoo.co.uk>
Date: Wed, 13 Jun 2007 00:53:03 +0000
Subject: Greetings,from Mrs Jajar.







Greetings,from Mrs Jajar. I am Mrs Suzanne Jajar, from Sierra Leone republic, residing in Ghana. I am married to Mr Abubaka Jajar, who deals in Cocoa and Gold business in Ghana for twenty five years before he died in the year 2003. We were married for twenty years God gave us a son, his name is Abubaka Jajar Jr who is 17 now, and because of my husband love to me he refused to marry another wife.He died after a brief illness from food poison which lasted for only four days. Since his death I decided not to remarry or get another child outside my matrimonial home, my husband relatives was responsible for his death because they want to inherit the entirelegacy, I was ill and my son is still a little boy.Before the death of my husband he deposited a huge amount (US$11.8M) in a suspense account with a bank here in Ghana, Since my Doctor told me that I have a little time left (about Six months) due to cancer problem. Having known my condition and I can notsurvive this cancer illness, and I don't want to lose my only son, I decided to transfer this fund and my son out of this country.I took this decision because I don't want to lose every thing my husband has worked for, and my husband relatives are not even good at all because they are responsible for the death of my husband in other to have all his properties and I don't want my husband'sefforts to be used by those that conspired for his death and they will still kill my son if they have the opportunity. Contact me only on email, as soon as I receive your reply of accepting to help me I will give you all the details including your percentage for assisting us in this legitimate transaction.(mrs_suzanne0001@yahoo.co.uk) is my personal email address with which to reach me.Thanks.May God be with you.Mrs. Suzanne Jajar.
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