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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 "dying merchant" 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.
  • jack.wisnewiski@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Jack Wisnewiski" <atm2@hsbc-atmcard.co.uk>
Reply-To: jack.wisnewiski@yahoo.com
Date: Sat, 28 Jun 2008 02:54:13 +0000
Subject: Be Good !!




My name is Jack Wisnewiski, I work with the HSBC bank in london as an account officer to MARY GARLUS who is A native of

Britain, She have been diagnosed with Oesophageal cancer .It has defied all forms of medical treatment, and right now she

have only about a few months to live, according to medical experts. She has not particularly lived her life so well, as she

never really cared for anyone (not even herself) but her business. Though she was very rich, and never generous, She was

always hostile to people and only focused on her business as that was the only thing she cared for. But now she regret all

this, as she now know that there is more to life than just wanting to have or make all the money in the world. She believe

when God gives her a second chance to come to this world she would live her life a different way from how she have lived it.

Now that God has called her, She has willed and given most of her property and assets to her immediate and extended family

members as well as a few close friends. She want God to be merciful to her and accept her soul so, she has decided to give

alms to charity organizations, as she want this to be one of the last good deeds she do on earth. So far, She has distributed

money to some charity organizations in the U.A.E, Somalia and Malaysia.

Now that her health has deteriorated so badly, she cannot do this herself anymore. She once asked members of her family to

close one of her accounts and distribute the money, which she has there to charity organization in Bulgaria and Pakistan,

they refused and kept the money to themselves. Hence, She does not trust them anymore, as they seem not to be contended with

what she has left for them.

The last of her money, which no one knows of, is the huge cash deposit of eighteen million three hundred thousand dollars

($18, 300, 000, 00) that she has with a finance House abroad. She will want you to help the world collect this deposit and

dispatch it to charity organizations.

PLEASE­ SEND YOUR REPLY TO MY PRIVATE EMAIL ON { jack.wisnewiski@yahoo.com )

N.B: Kindly note that 60% of this fund must go to the tsunami and hurricane victims and 40% for your effort and time. Please

live right!!

God be with you,

Thanks,

Jack Wwisnewiski

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