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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:

• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "your urgent reply" (they are rushing you so you don't have time to think properly)
• This email message is a "dying widow" scam.

Fraud email example:

From: JUDITH JOHNSON <hgghbgfbfb@yahoo.co.uk>
Reply-To: judithjohnson09@yahoo.co.uk
Date: Fri, 6 Jul 2007 17:13:47 +0100 (BST)
Subject: DEAR BELOVED IN CHRIST


DEAR BELOVED IN CHRIST,


IT IS BY THE GRACE OF GOD THAT I RECEIVED CHRIST,KNOWING THE TRUTH AND THE TRUTH HAVE SET ME FREE.HAVING KNOWN THE TRUTH I HAD NO CHOICE THAN TO DO WHAT IS LAWFUL AND RIGHT IN THE SIGHT OF GOD FOR ETERNAL LIFE AND IN THE SIGHT OF MAN FOR WITNESS OF GOD´S MERCY AND GLORY UPON MY LIFE.


I AM JUDITH JOHNSON. I AM MARRIED TO DR.NICOLAS JOHNSON, A CONTRACTOR IN EGYPT FOR TWENTY YEARS BEFORE HE DIED IN THE YEAR 2001. WE WERE MARRIED FOR TWENTY-SEVEN YEARS WITHOUT A CHILD, HE DIED DURING ONE OF THE POLITICAL RIOTS IN EGYPT. HE WAS HELD HOSTAGE AND SLAIN TO DEATH BY PROTESTING YOUTHS IN THE REGION BEFORE HIS DEATH WE WERE BOTH BORN AGAIN CHRISTIANS.


SINCE HIS DEATH I DECIDED NOT TO RE-MARRY. WHEN MY LATE HUSBAND WAS ALIVE HE DEPOSITED THE SUM OF (USD9.8MILLION) WITH A BANK IN THE LONDON UKK AND NOW THE MANAGEMENT OF THE BANK HAVE JUST INFORMED ME TO COME FORWARD TO RECEIVE THE MONEY OR RATHER ISSUE A LETTER OF AUTHORISATION TO SOMEBODY TO ECEIVE IT ON MY BEHALF IF I CAN NOT COME OVER BECAUSE OF MY CONDITION AT HAND.


I AM PRESENTLY WITH MY LAPTOP IN A HOSPITAL WHERE I HAVE BEEN UNDERGOING TREATMENT FOR CANCER OF THE LUNGS, I HAVE SINCE LOST MY ABILITY TO TALK AND MY DOCTORS HAVE TOLD ME THAT I HAVE ONLY A FEW MONTHS TO LIVE.IT IS MY LAST WISH TO SEE THAT THIS MONEY IS INVESTED AND AT THE END OF EVERY YEAR DISTRIBUTED AMONG CHARITY ORGANISATION. AND FOR YOUR COMPENSATION, AS SOON AS THE MONEY ENTERS YOUR ACCOUNT TAKE 40% OF THE TOTAL AMOUNT, WHILE 60% WILL BE FOR THE WORK OF GOD.


I TOOK THIS DECISION BECAUSE I KNOW THAT THERE ARE ALOT OF POOR PEOPLE SUFFERING FROM DIFFERENT KIND OF DISEASE AND THE HOMELESS, AND I BELIEVE THE MORE YOU GIVE THE MORE BLESSINGS YOU RECEIVE. WITH GOD ALL THINGS ARE POSSIBLE AS SOON AS I RECEIVE YOUR REPLY I SHALL GIVE YOU THE CONTACT OF THE BANK IN LONDON UK WHERE THE MONEY IS BEEN DEPOSITED.


1YOUR NAME
2.COUNTRY OF ORIGIN
3.PRESENT ADDRESS
4.SEX
5.DATE OF BIRTH
6.AGE
7.OCCUPATION
8.TELEPHONE NUMBER /CELL


I AWAIT YOUR URGENT REPLY.
YOURS IN CHRIST,
MRS.JUDITH JOHNSON.

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