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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 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)
  • "hundred thousand 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)
  • "await your urgent response" (scammers rush victims so they don't have time to think properly)
  • "god fearing " (scammers in West Africa like to use religious phrases)
• 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.
  • amatubiqis@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "amatullah bilqis" <amatullahblqs@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 26 May 2008 11:24:52 +0400
Subject: NEED YOUR HELP URGENTLY....


*MY DEAR, *

*
I CHOSE YOU TO DO GOD'S WORK, NOT MINE, BUT BE REMINDED THAT GOD WILL BE
USING YOU AS A POINT OF CONTACT TO THE LESS PRIVILAGED IN THE WORLD AROUND
YOU. AND SO YOU WILL BE ACCOUNTABLE TO GOD SOMEDAY ON HOW YOU USED THE FUNDS
THAT WAS PROVIDED TO YOU FOR HIS WORK. *

*
I AM MRS. AMATULLAH BILQIS; A WIDOW TO LATE MR. MOHAMMED BILQIS FROM **
KUWAIT**. I AM CONTACTING YOU FROM MY HOSPITAL BED WITH A LAPTOP FROM **
ROTTERDAM**, NETHERLAND. I AM SUFFERING FROM A LONG TIME CANCER OF THE
BREAST WHICH WAS NOT DIAGNOSED IN TIME. IN ALL INDICATIONS, MY CONDITION IS
REALLY DETERIORATING BY THE DAY AND IT IS QUITE OBVIOUS THAT I MAY NOT LIVE
MORE THAN SIX MONTHS, ACCORDING TO MY DOCTORS. THIS IS BECAUSE THE STAGE OF
THE CANCER HAS GOTTEN TO A VERY BAD STAGE OF LITTLE OR NO HOPES FOR ME TO
SURVIVE IT. BUT GOD CAN STILL DO HIS MIRACLE ON ME.*

* *

*I AM WRITING YOU TODAY TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE GOOD REPORT I RECEIVED ABOUT YOUR
PERSONALITY THROUGH A GOOD CONTACT I MADE FROM **DUBAI** CHAMBER OF
COMMERCE, WHERE A LONG LIST OF FOREIGN ADDRESSES WAS PRESENTED TO ME.AND MY
INTUITION TOLD ME TO CONTACT YOU IN THIS REGARD AND THE SPIRIT OF GOD IN ME
NEVER LIES. MY LATE BROTHER WHO WAS A VERY WEALTHY CONTRACTOR WAS KILLED
DURING THE INVASION OF **KUWAIT** BY **IRAQ**. AFTER HIS DEATH, I INHERITED
ALL HIS WEALTH SINCE HE HAD NO BIOLOGICAL OR ADOPTED CHILD. SINCE MY DOCTORS
ANAYLISED THAT I MAY NOT LIVE FOR MORE THAN SIX MONTHS, I DECIDED TO
DEDICATE A PART OF MY WEALTH, TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE CHURCHES AND MOSQUES
IN **AFRICA**, **AMERICA**, **ASIA** AND **EUROPE** ESPECIALLY TO CREATE
SOLUTION TO SOME PROBLEMS OF THE LESS PRIVILAGED AND ORPHANAGE HOMES. *

* *

*MY DEAR IN THE LORD, I CHOSE YOU AFTER I PRAYED AND FASTED FOR THREE WEEKS
OVER THIS ISSUE WHILE SEEKING THE WILL OF GOD TO BE DONE. I AM WILLING TO
DONATE THE SUM OF $12,000,000 MILLION U.S DOLLARS, TO THE LESS PRIVILEGED IN
THE SOCIETY. PLEASE BE INFORMED THAT THIS FUND IS IN CUSTODY OF A SECURITY
OFFICIAL IN **DUBAI** IN THE UNITED ARAB EMIRATES OF **ASIA**. AS SOON AS
YOU GET BACK TO ME I WILL RECOMMEND TO YOU AN ATTORNEY WHO WILL FILE IN AN
APPLICATION FOR THE NECESSARY DOCUMENTS THAT WILL EMPOWER YOU TO HANDLE THE
FUNDS ON MY BEHALF OK. ALL YOU NEED DO IS TO FOLLOW HIS INSTRUCTIONS AND
ALWAYS KEEP ME UPDATED.*

* *

*LASTLY, I HONESTLY PRAY YOU TO PLEASE UTILISE THE FUNDS FOR THE PURPOSE IT
WAS EARMARKED FOR SO THAT YOU DON'T ATTRACT THE WRATH OF GOD UPON YOURSELF.
IN ORDER TO HELP YOU AVOID THE TEMPTATION OF USING THIS FUND FOR YOURSELF, I
ALREADY MADE A PROVISION FOR YOU TO HAVE ONLY 10% OUT OF THE FUNDS, WHICH
WILL AMOUNT TO $1,2000,000 MILLION US DOLLARS (ONE MILLION, TWO HUNDRED
THOUSAND US DOLLARS). AS A GOD FEARING PERSON, THE ABOVE **AMOUNT**
**AS**IN COMPENSATION WILL BE ENOUGH TO HELP YOU TO ACHIEVE COMFORT
WHILE KEEPING
GOD'S FUND FOR HIS WORKS. FOR THE BIBLE SAYS, GIVE TO CEASER WHAT BELONGS TO
HIM AND TO GOD WHAT IS GOD'S. ALSO, 5% OF THE FUND WILL BE USED TO TAKE CARE
OF EXPENSES INCURRED BY ALL PARTIES INVOLVED FOR INSTANCE, PAYING OF THE
LAWYER FOR HIS COMMITTED SERVICES AND ALL OTHER EXPENSES. BECAUSE I HAVECOME
TO FIND OUT THAT WEALTH ACQUISITION WITHOUT GOD AND GOOD DEEDS IS VANITY, I
MADE THE PROMISE TO GOD THAT THE FUND WILL BE USED FOR HIS WORKS. *

*
I AWAIT YOUR URGENT RESPONSE. PLEASE, SEND A COPY TO MY CONFIDENTIAL EMAIL
BELOW IF YOU ARE SINCERELY WILLING AND CAPABLE, **amatubiqis@gmail.com **REMAIN
BLESSED AND MAY YOU LIVE LONG. *

*
MRS. AMATULLAH BILQIS.*

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