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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:
  • "million 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)
• This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
  
• 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.
  • mrsjenifer_p@yahoo.fr (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "mrsjenifer_4 Gazeta.pl" <mrsjenifer_4@gazeta.pl>
Date: Fri, 23 May 2008 15:10:10 +0000
Subject: HELLO DEAR,


HELLO DEAR,
MY GREETING TO YOU

I AM MRS JENIFER PETER,56 YEARS OLD,SOUTH AFRICAN,MARRIED WITH TWO
DAUGHTERS.MY HUSBEND AND THE TWO CHILDREN DIED IN A CAR ACCIDENT SIX YEARS
AGO.BEFORE THIS HAPPENED MY BUSINESS AND CONCERN FOR MAKING MONEY WAS ALL I
WAS LIVING FOR AND I NEVER REALLY CARED ABOUT OTHER PEOPLE.

SINCE THE LOST OF MY FAMILY, I HAVE FOUND A NEW DESIRE TO ASSIST THE
HELPLESS.I HAVE BEEN HELPING ORPHANS IN ORPHANGES/MOTHERLESS HOMES. I HAVE
DONATED SOME MONEY TO ORPHANS IN ETHIOPIA, BENIN REPUBLIC,CAMEROON,SUDAN AND
SOME ASIAN COUNTRIES.BEFORE I BECAME ILL, I KEPT $8.5 MILLION DOLLARS IN A
LONG-TERM DEPOSIT ACCOUNT IN A BANK.

PRESENTLY I AM IN ESTATE HOSPITAL WHERE I HAVE BEEN UNDERGOING TREATMENT FOR
OESOPHAGEAL CANCER AND MY DOCTORS HAVE TOLD ME THAT I HAVE ONLY FEW MONTHS
TO LIVE.

IT IS MY LAST WISH TO SEE THIS MONEY DISTRIBUTED TO CHARITY ORGANISATION
WHICH I CAN NO LONGER DO MYSELF ANYMORE DUE TO MY STATE OF HEALTH AND THAT
IS WHY I AM SEEKING YOUR ASSISTANCE TO SEE THIS MONEY DISTRIBUTED TO
CHARITY ORGANISATION BEFORE I AM NO MORE ON EARTH.MY RELATIVES AND FRIENDS
HAS PLUNDERED SO MUCH OF MY WEALTH SINCE MY ILLNESS, I CAN NOT LIVE WITH
AGONY OF ENTRUSTING THIS HUGE RESPONSIBILITY TO ANY OF THEM.

PLEASE, I BEG YOU IN THE NAME OF GOD TO HELP ME COLLECT THE $8.5 MILLION
DOLLARS AND THE INTEREST ACCRUED ON THE DEPOSIT FROM THE BANK AND
DISTRIBUTES IT AMOGNST CHARITY ORGANISATIONS.

YOU ARE AT LIBERTY TO USE DISCRETION TO DISTRIBUTE THE MONEY AND FiLL FREE
AS WELL TO REIMBURSE YOURSELF WHEN YOU HAVE THE MONEY FOR ANY EXPENSES YOU
INCURE IN THE COURSE OF COLLECTING AND DISTRIBUTIN THE MONEY TO CHARITY
ORGANISATIONS.

MAY THE LORD BLESS YOU AND YOUR FAMILY

I WAIT TO READ FROM YOU VIA MY PRIVATE EMAIL (mrsjenifer_p@yahoo.fr)
BEST REGARDS
MRS.JENIFER PETER.

Anti-fraud resources:

• What can you do when you receive 419 spam