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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:
  • "million dollars" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
  • "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: Mothert Tina Das <dasmothertina7@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: <dasmothertina@yahoo.ca>
Date: Thu, 19 Jul 2007 23:17:50 +0000
Subject: Dear Beloved Friend




Dear Beloved Friend,
Kindly respond to this matter which needs an urgent attention,I got your contact fromthe Internet as I was browsing.
I am Mrs. Tina Das from Holland. I am married to Dr. John Dasa Nigerian who worked with a construction company in Asia for twentyYears before he died in the tsunami disasters, we were married butwithout Any children.
Since his death I decided not to re-marry and presently I am 61 Yearsold. When my late husband was Alive he deposited the sum of 3 milliondollars (Three Million Dollars) with a Security Company.Presently this money is still with the Security Company and themanagement just Wrote me as the beneficiary to come forward to receivethe money or rather Issue a letter of authorization to somebody toreceive it on my behalf if I cannot come over.
I am presently in a hospital where I have been undergoing treatment ofCancer of the lungs in a hospital, I have since lost my ability To talkand my doctors have told me that I have only a few months to Live.I want a trustworthy person that will utilize 90% of this moneyto fund churches, orphanages and widows around the world but in my name"Mrs. Tina Das"
As soon as I receive your reply I shall give you the contact of theSecurity Company. I will also issue you a letter of authority that willprove you as The new beneficiary of this fund.Please assure me that you will act accordingly as I stated herein andKeep this contact confidential till such a time this funds get to yourCustody, this is to ensure that nothing jeopardizes my last wish onEarth.
I await your urgent reply.Regards,Mother Tina Das


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