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

Fraud email example:

From: jessica williams <willeharv@yahoo.fr>
Reply-To: mrsevanschesterfield@yahoo.fr
Date: Tue, 8 Jan 2008 12:15:38 +0100 (CET)
Subject: I NEED YOUR ATTENTION.


DEAR FRIEND
HOW ARE YOU?
I’M MRS. EVANS CHESTERFIELD, I AM 73 YEARS OLD FROM U.S.A. I AM SUFFERING FROM A LONG TIME CANCER OF THE LUNGS WHICH ALSO AFFECTED MY BRAIN, FROM ALL INDICATION MY CONDITION IS REALLY DETERIORATING. ACCORDING TO MY DOCTORS I WILL NOT LIVE FOR THE NEXT TWO MONTHS BECAUSE OF THE CANCER STAGE HAS GOTTEN TO A VERY BAD STAGE.

I WAS BROUGHT UP FROM A MOTHERLESS BABIES HOME, I WAS MARRIED TO MY LATE HUSBAND FOR TWENTY YEARS WITHOUT ANY CHILD DUE TO MY ILLNESS. WE LIVED IN REPUBLIC OF SIERRA LEONE WHERE MY HUSBAND MINE AND EXPORT GOLD/DIAMOND. IT IS SAD TO SAY THAT HE WAS MURDERED BY THE REBELS DURING THE WAR IN SEIRRA LEONE. AFTER THE DEATH OF MY BELOVED HUSBAND I SOLD ALL MY INHERITED BELONGINGS AND RELOCATE TO REPUBLIC OF COTE D’IVOIRE WHERE I DEPOSITED THE FUNDS WITH A BANK IN ABIDJAN WITH THE HELP OF SIERRA LEONE AMBASSADOR TO COTE D’IVOIRE WHO IS OUR FAMILY FRIEND AS AT THAT TIME. PRESENTLY , THIS MONEY IS STILL WITH THE BANK AND I HAVE NOT OPERATED THE ACCOUNT FOR LONG NOW DUE TO MY ILLNESS.

PRESENTLY , I AM WITH MY LABTOP HERE IN A SPECIALIST HOSPITAL, WHERE I HAVE BEEN UNDER GOING TREATMENT FOR CANCER OF THE LUNGS FOR OVER ONE YEAR. RECENTLY, MY DOCTORS ANNOUCE TO ME THAT I HAVE ONLY A FEW MONTHS TO LIVE SO I QUICKLY CALLED A CLERGYMAN TO GIVE ME POSITIVE THINKING ON THE SOLUTION, HE MINISTERED TO ME TO SHARE MY WEALTH TO MOTHERLESS/ ORPHANAGE HOMES AND PEOPLE THAT IS INEED FOR SURVIVOR IN DEVASTATED COUNTRIES.

IT IS MY LAST WISH TO SEE THAT THIS FUNDS IS DISTRIBUTED AMONG THE CHARITY ORGANISATIONS, ORPHANAGE HOUSES WHERE I COME FROM , THE POOR AND DEVOTED INDIVIDUALS THAT WILL UTILIZE THIS MONEY THE WAY I WISH. I TOOK THIS DECISION BECAUSE MY TIME WILL SOON BE UP AND I DO NOT WANT THE BANK TO INHERIT THIS FUNDS IF I EVENTUALLY DIE.

AS SOON AS I RECEIVE YOUR REPLY, I WILL ISSUE YOU A LETTER OF AUTHORITY THROUGH MY ATTORNEY WHICH WILL EMPOWER YOU AS THE NEW BENEFICIARY OF THESE FUNDS SO FAR THAT YOU WILL GIVE ME ASSURANCE THAT YOU WILL CARRY OUT THIS ASSIGNMENT ACCORDING TO MY WISH.
I SHALL WAIT YOUR EARLIEST REPLY.
FAITHFULLY, MRS. EVANS CHESTERFIELD.



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