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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.
• 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.
  • olivia_kuti22@sify.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: Ruth Johnson <ruth_johnson61@yahoo.com>
Date: Fri, 23 May 2008 13:57:25 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: FROM MADAM RUTH JOHNSON,


FROM MADAM RUTH JOHNSON,

This is Madam RUTH JOHNSON, I am suffering from thurberclosises, I am writing from the hospital in Cote D'Ivoire, this mail is very urgent.

I was told by the doctor that the sickness has got my liver
damaged and can only live for two months. I inherited some money ($8.400 Million usdollars ) from my late Husband which I do not want the fund to go in vain since I can not survive from the illness.

I want you to contact my house girl, Miss Olivia Kuti, her Email is ( olivia_kuti22@sify.com ) Please contact Miss Olivia Kuti with any valid driving license or id card or your photo and your telephone numbers to assure her that you shall never cheat or betray her when you have access to this funds.

All the original documents will be change from my name to your name to enable the SECURITY COMPANY deliver the inherited box to you in your country.

This is the favour I need from you when you have gotten this fund:

(1) Use 50% of this fund for charities and orphanage.

(2) Use 50% for any investment of your choice and to support Miss Olivia Kuti in life and send her to the best university in your country when she come to meet you in your country.

This should be a code between you and Miss Olivia Kuti in this transaction "Hospital" any mail message without this code "Hospital" is not from Olivia Kuti or me as I don't know what will happen to me in the next few hours.Please don't betray the trust I have manifest in you.

I don't want you to expose this transaction to anybody around you there or here until you and Miss Olivia Kuti finished every matter with the security company and have the inherited box to your care.

May God bless you and guide you to make good use of the fund.
Please pray for my soul to rest in peace as am about to die.


From

Madam Ruth Johnson

I thank you Holy God.

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