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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:
  • "dear friend" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "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)
  • "god fearing " (scammers in West Africa like to use religious phrases)
• 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.
  • rebeccavan_22@yahoo.com.mx (email address has been used in a known fraud before)
  • 3arebeccavan_22@yahoo.com.mx

Fraud email example:

From: "Mrs Rebecca Vanhorn" <rebeccavan1972@fastwebmail.it>
Reply-To: rebeccavan_22@yahoo.com.mx
Date: Wed, 9 Jul 2008 00:28:16 -0700
Subject: Dearly Beloved in Christ,


Dearly Beloved in Christ,
Atos Medical B.V.Postbus 475 7200 AN Zoetermeer
Netherlands.
Hospital.


Dear Friend,


It is by the grace of God that I received Christ,Having known the truth, I
had no choice than to do what is lawful and right in the sight of God for
enternal life and in the sight of man for witness of God?s mercy and glory
upon my life. I am Evangelist Mrs Rebecca Van Horn, age 53 and the wife of
Mr Dan Van Horn,i am from Netherlands, my husband worked with the
Chevron/Texaco for twenty years before he died in the year 2003.We were
married for twenty-nine years without a child.


My Husband died after a brief illness that lasted or only four days. Before
his death we were both born again Christians. Since his death I decided not
to re-marry or get a child outside my matrimonial home which the Bible is
against. When my late husband was alive he deposited the sum of US
$18.5million dollars.(Eighteen Million Five Hundred Thousand U.S. Dollars)
with a Security and finance Company in Nigeria.Presently, this money is
still with the Security and finance Company and the management just wrote me
as the beneficiary to come forward to sign for the release of this money or
rather issue! That somebody to receive it onmy behalf if I can not come
over.


Presently, I'm in a hospital in Netherlands where I have been undergoing
treatment for cancer of the breast and Pneumonia. I have since lost my
ability to talk and my doctors have told me that I have only a few weeks to
live. It is my last wish to see this money distributed to charity
organizations anywhere in the World. Because relatives and friends have
plundered so much of my wealth since my illness, I cannot live with the
agony of entrusting this huge responsibility to any of them. Please, I beg
you in the name of God to help me Stand and collect the Funds from the
Security and finance Company.


I want a person that is God fearing that will use this money to fund
churches, orphanages and widows propagating the word of God and to ensure
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 my !husband relatives are not
Christians and I don't want my husband's hard earned money to be misused by
unbelievers. I don't want a situation where this money will be used in an
ungodly manner.I am afraid since so many things are happening in the world
now,like:hurricanes,earthquakes, bird flu and the Innocent and homeless
people of the Tsunami disaster.I just want you to be open minded and help me
so that my funds can make a great change in the affected people's lives.


Hence the reason for taking this bold 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 don't need any telephone communication in this regard
because of my deafness and soundless voice as a result of my illness which
has affected my brain and also my husband's relatives around me always. I
don't want them to know about this development. With God all things are
possible. As soon as I receive your reply I shall give you the contact of
Security and finance Company.


Note: I anxiously wait your response on my email address below:

Yours in Christ,


Mrs Rebecca Van Horn
I anxiously wait your response
E-mail:rebeccavan_22@yahoo.com.mx <E-mail%3Arebeccavan_22@yahoo.com.mx>

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