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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 beloved," (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "million british pounds" (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" (scammers rush victims so they don't have time to think properly)
• This email message is a "dying widow" scam.

Fraud email example:

From: "Mrs Laura" <laura_sm222@myway.com>
Reply-To: laura_smith_01@hotmail.com
Date: Mon, 28 Jan 2008 16:36:02 -0500 (EST)
Subject: Dear Beloved,


Dear Beloved, I am Mrs Laura Smith,suffering from cancerous ailment.I am married to Mr.Clement Smith,my husband worked with Chevron Corporation for twenty years before he died in the year 2005.My late husband deposited the sum of £15Million (Fifteen Million British Pounds) with Bank Named Citi Bank London.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 gift which comes from my husbands effort to fund the upkeep of widows and charities worldwide. I took this decision because I do not have any child that will inherit this money and my husband relatives are bourgeois and very wealthy persons and I do not want my husband hard earned money to be misused. As soon i heard from you in this regards .Then i will forward you the vital more detail on how we can proceed urgently.Awaiting your urgent reply. With God all things are possible. Your
Sister Mrs Laura Smith

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