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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:
  • "million us dollars" (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)
  • ",000,000" (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)
• This email message is a "dying widow" scam.

Fraud email example:

From: "MRS VIVIAN DUNBAR" <vivibar1955@terra.es> (may be fake)
Date: Sun, 30 Mar 2008 12:16:02 -0400
Subject: ENHANCEMENT OF THE HANDICAPPED


ENHANCEMENT OF THE HANDICAPPED

Greetings to you in the name of God Almighty. I am Mrs.Vivian Dunbar a
widow to Late Gerald Dunbar.

I am an old woman; suffering from cancer. From all indications, my
condition is really deteriorating and is quite obvious that I may not live
long, because the cancer stage has gotten to a very severe stage. My
late husband died in an air crash on the 31st October 1999 in an
Egyptian airline Boeing 990 with other passengers on board. You can confirm
this fact from the website which was aired by the BBC WORLD
NEWS:(http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/502503.stm)
and my only daughter died in BOMB ATTACK LONDON.

My late husband was very wealthy and after his death, I inherited all
his business and wealth. My personal physician told me that I may not
live for so long and I am so scared about this. So, I now decided to
divide part of this wealth, by contributing to the well being of less
privileged people and handicapped in the society of world
America, Canada, Africa, Europe and Asian Countries.

This mission, who will no doubt be tasking had made me to recently
relocate to BRITAIN where I am taking treatment presently. I selected you
for this Purpose and prayed over it, I am willing to donate the sum of
$5,000,000 Million US Dollars to you for the development of the well
being of handicapped in the society and also as aids for the less
privileged around your country, and i have map out $1,000.000 Million for your
own personal use to help me for this work.Please note that, this fund
is lying in a Security Bank. Therefore immediate application for the
transfer of the money in your name or your home. Please, do not reply me
if you have the intention of using this fund for personal use, than
enhancement of the comfort of the Handicapped.

Lastly, I want you/your home to be praying for me as regards my entire
life and my health because I have come to find out since my spiritual
birth lately that wealth acquisition without God one's life is vanity
upon vanity.

I await your response via my private email address:- vivibar@xemail.de


Yours In Faith
Mrs Vivian Dunbar

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