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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:
  • "abidjan" (a location commonly mentioned in 419 scams)
• This email message is a "dying widow" scam.

Fraud email example:

From: mary parker <mary_parker119@hotmail.fr>
Reply-To: <mary_parker010@yahoo.fr>
Date: Fri, 3 Aug 2007 17:10:32 +0000
Subject: DEAR IN CHRIST,




DEAR IN CHRIST,
I AM MARY PARKER, SUFFERING FROM CANCEROUS AILMENT. I AM MARRIED TO MR ROBERT PARKER. MY HUSBAND WORKED WITH CHEVRON/TEXACO IN ABIDJAN COTE D'IVOIRE FOR TWENTY YEARS BEFORE HE DIED IN THE YEAR 2006. MY LATE HUSBAND DEPOSITED A TRUNK METAL BOX OF MONEY CONTAINING THE SUM OF EUROS 4.5 MILLION (FOUR MILLION FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND EUROS ) WITH A SECURITY STORAGE HOUSE IN ABIDJAN COTE D’IVOIRE. RECENTLY, MY DOCTOR TOLD ME THAT I HAVE LIMITED DAYS TO LIVE DUE TO THE STROKE AND CANCEROUS PROBLEMS I AM SUFFERING FROM. I HAVE DECIDED TO DONATE THIS FUND TO YOU AND WANT YOU TO USE THIS DONATION FROM MY HUSBAND’S EFFORT TO FUND THE UPKEEP OF WIDOWS AND CHARITIES. I TOOK THIS DECISION BECAUSE I DO NOT HAVE ANY CHILD THAT WILL INHERIT THIS MONEY AND I DO NOT WANT IT USED IN AN UNGODLY WAY.WITH GOD ALL THINGS ARE POSSIBLE.
YOUR SISTER IN CHRIST,MRS MARY PARKER
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