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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 merchant" 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.
  • mrskatrinmatthew@sify.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "MRS KATRIN MATTHEW" <billmail@purcell.biz>
Reply-To: mrskatrinmatthew@sify.com
Date: Fri, 28 Dec 2007 16:12:58 +0100
Subject: MY DEAR DO TAKE YOUR TIME TO GO THROUGH THIS MAIL AND GET BACK TO ME PLEASE.

My Dear,

I must commend you so much after going through your profil I made up my
mind that it is somebody like you that I can trust this my charity desire
with.
But before I go further Let me start by introducing myself to you, My
name is Mrs Katrin Matthew, I am a dying woman of 49 years old , I was married
with two children.
But my Husband and my two children died in an auto-crash in the middle of
last year(2006) on their way to come and welcome me from the air port, And
am writing you from my hospital bed after being diagnosed with Oesophageal
cancer. It has defiled all forms of medical treatment, and right now I have
only about a few months to live, according to medical experts.
I have not particularly lived my life so well, as I never really cared for
anyone (not even myself since the death of my Husband and the kids) for
I have worked to the growth of the legacy my late Husband left behind .
Though I am very rich, I was
never generous, I was always hostile to people and only focused on my clients
and customers.
But now I regret all this as I now know that there is more to life than
just wanting to have or make all the money in the world.
I pray that if God can allow and give me a second chance, I would live my
life a different way from how I have lived it.
Now that strenght is going down on me, I have willed and given most of my
property and assets to my immediate and extended family members as well
as a few close friends.
I want God to be merciful to me and accept my soul.So I have decided to
give to charity organizations, less privilege and also for the assistance
of the widows as I want this to be one of the last good deeds I do on earth
So far,
I have distributed money to some charity organizations in the Algeria ,Malaysia
and Niger. Now that my health has
deteriorated so badly, I cannot do this myself anymore. Just recently, I
once asked some member of my family to close one of my accounts and distribute
the money which I have there to charity organization in USA and South Asia,
suprisenly there diverted it for their selfish use, Hence, I do not trust
them anymore, as they seem not to be contented with what I have left for
them.
So with that act from my trusted once I decided to search off-shore for
a computent assistance to carry out this last project from me,So through
my laptop I decided to search for a self contempted and reliable person
, and that is how I got your contact because of your out-standing qualities
in you.
The last of my money which no one knows of, is the huge cash deposit of
Twenty six million, five hundred thousnd united states dollas ( $26.500.
000.00) that I have with a finance outfit Companys in Singapore and Germany,
And I will want you to help me collect this deposit and dispatched it to
some needy regions and organisations which I will inform you depending on
your response to this mail.
Please if you can do this please indicate by sending to me your full contact
details and your companies letter headed sheet to enable me prepare a comprehensive
agreement note to be sighned by Me, You and my Remittance officer in charge
of my fund.
You can write back to me on this email address or mrskatrinmatthew@sify.com,
I cant recieve your phone call now at the hospital for some security reasons
atteched to my health, Remember also details of the bank in which the money
will be paid into, to enable me seek for the immediate release of the money
into your account through my corespnedent abroad.
Please give this immediate attention and reply for soon I will be flown
to Germany for an operation,

Thanks and may the Good God Bless You ? AMEN.

Mrs Katrin mathhew.

NB: I will appreciate your total confidentiality in this matter until the
task is accomplished as I don't want anything that will jeopardize my last
wish. And Also I will be contacting with you by email as I don't want my
relation or anybody to know because they are always against charity and
my life also .
You will set aside 15% for you and for your time and 5% as miscellaneous
expenses.Please take it like that for God will overflow your cup,
AMEN.

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