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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:
  • "abidjan" (a location commonly mentioned in 419 scams)
• 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.
  • katherine_pyotr_cole@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "katherine_hugus Gazeta.pl" <katherine_hugus@gazeta.pl>
Date: Sun, 25 May 2008 21:30:09 +0200
Subject: PLEASE REPLY URGENTLY


Contact my private email katherine_pyotr_cole@yahoo.com

Dearest in Christ,

I am Mrs Katherine Hugus from Poland. I am married to Dr. Hans Ralph Hugus.
He worked with Poland embassy in Cote D'Ivoire for nine years before he died
in the year 2005. We were married for eleven years without a child. He died
after a brief illness that lasted for only four days. When my late Husband
was alive he deposited the sum of $4.2million (Four Million Two hundred
thousand U.S. Dollars) in a finance and security company here in Abidjan. He
used my name as the benficiary to the money deposited. Recently, my Doctor
told me of my deteriorating health condition and the fear of impending death
due to my cancer problem and more especially stroke.

Having known my condition I decided to donate this fund in my name to a
church or oganisation that will utilize this money the way I am going to
instruct herein. I want you to donate this fund to destitute homes, widows
as well as propagating the word of God and to endeavour that the house of
God is maintained. The Bible made us to understand that blessed is the hand
that giveth. I took this decision because I don't have any child that will
inherit this money and many of relatives are not Christians and I don't want
our sweat to be used by unbelievers. I don't want a situation where this
money will be used in an ungodly way. This is why I am taking this decision.
I am not afraid of death hence 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 may not need any telephone
communication in this regard because of my health. Also the presence of my
inlaws around me always. Hope to receive your reply.

Contact my private email katherine_pyotr_cole@yahoo.com

Yours in Christ,
Mrs Katherine Hugus .

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