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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.
• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "dear beloved," (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "a security company " (this will cost you money - be careful with upfront payments to anyone you only know through email, especially if they promise you a lot of money. Never ever send money by Western Union or MoneyGram to people you do not know personally. )
  • "god fearing " (scammers in West Africa like to use religious phrases)
• This email message is a "dying widow" 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.
  • sherrymorganrf5@yahoo.it (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: Sherry Morgan <sherrymorganinfor2007@yahoo.dk>
Reply-To: sherrymorganrf5@yahoo.it
Date: Thu, 17 Jan 2008 13:29:58 +0100 (CET)
Subject: PRIVATE AND CONFIDENTIAL


FROM SHERRY MORGAN
Dear Beloved,

I am the above named person from Nigeria. I am married to Dr. Morgan Jones who worked with Nigerian Embassy in Canada for nine years before he died. We were married for eleven years without a child. He died after a brief illness that lasted for only four days. Before his death we were both born again Christian. Since his death I decided not to re-marry or get a child outside my matrimonial home which the Bible is against.

When my late husband was alive he deposited the sum of $7.5Million (SEVEN MILLION, FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND U.S.Dollars) with a Security Company in Nigeria, Presently this fund is now with the SECURITY FIRM head quitter in Europe and the management just wrote me as the beneficiary to come forward to receive the fund, or rather issue a letter of authorization to somebody to receive it on my behalf if I can not come over or the fund enters into the company's treasury fund. Presently, I'm in a hospital where I have been undergoing treatment for esophageal cancer. I have since lost my ability to talk and my doctors have told me that I have only a few months to live considering the natured of my ailment. It is my last wish to see this fund distributed to victims of this HURRICANE and other charity organizations, because my relatives and friends have plundered so much of my wealth since my illness have been wherein me down, and I cannot live with the agony of entrusting this huge
responsibility to any of them Please, I beg you in the name of God to help me to claim out this fund from the security firm and deposit it in your bank account so that you can distribute it accordingly.

I want a person that is God fearing that will use this fund to finance Churches, orphanages and widows propagating the word of God and to ensure that the house of God is been maintained. The Bible made us to understand that blessed is the hand that giveth. I took this decision after I sought for a divine direction from God, because as a human it’s not really easy with making this decision, besides I don’t have any child of my own that will inherit this fund and my husband's relatives are not Christians and I don't want my husband's hard earned fund to be misused by unbelievers. I don't want a situation where this fund will be used in an ungodly manner. Hence the reason for taking this bold decision. I am not afraid of death since I know where I am going. I know that I am going to be in the bosom of the Lord. Exodus 14 VS 14 says that "the lord will fight my case and I shall hold my peace". I don't need any telephone communication in this regard because of my soundless
voice and presence of my husband's relatives around me always. I don't want them to know about this development. With God all things are possible I believe.

As soon as I receive your reply I shall give you the contact of my lawyer and the Security Company. So that the lawyer will help to issue you a letter of authority that will prove you as the new beneficiary of this fund. I want you and the church to always pray for me because the lord is my fortress. My happiness is that I lived a life worthy of a Christian. Whoever that wants to serve the Lord must serve him in spirit and truth. Please always be prayerful throughout your life. Any delay in your reply will give me room in sourcing for another person for this same purpose. Please assure me that you will act accordingly as I stated herein, Hoping to hear from you soon, you can get in touch with through this email address :{sherrymorganrf5@yahoo.it}

Yours in Christ,
SHERRY MORGAN


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