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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.
  • rose005robert@yahoo.fr (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "rose robert" <rose005robert@fastwebmail.it>
Reply-To: rose005robert@yahoo.fr
Date: Sun, 14 Sep 2008 17:58:02 +0000
Subject: FROM:ROSE ROBERT.


FROM:ROSE ROBERT.

Dear,

With due resperct and humblelity.I am Mrs Rose Robert. from Tunisia but now
undergoing medical treatment. I was married to MR.ROBERT. who worked with a
cocoa company in ABIDJAN for nine years, before he died in the year 2003. We
were both married for eleven years without children.

He died after a brief illness that lasted for only four days. When my late
husband was alive he deposited the sum of $ 19.2 million deposited in a
company here in Cote D' Ivoire. And he daposited it as family valuebles not
as money. I will send you the contact details of the company as soon as you
indicate your interest.

Recently, my Doctor told me that I will die soon due to my cancer illness.
Having known my condition and believing the doctor I have decided to donate
this
fund to avoid total loss to church, Less privilege, or better still a
Christian
individual that will utilize this money the way I am going to instruct
herein.

This money should be used to help churches, orphanages ,widows and
propagating
the Gospel and to ensure that the house of God is maintained. Please do not
fail
to spread the funds across the globe especially AFRICA as soon as you
receive
the money.

I took this decision because I don't have any child that will inherit this
money and my husband relatives are fighting over the properties and I don't
want my husband's hard earned money to be misused by their greedy
attitude. I don't want a situation where this money will be used in an
UNGODLY manner, hence the reason for taking this bold decision. As soon as I
receive your reply I shall give you the contact information of the company.

THANKS AND GOD BLESS,PLEASE YOU CAN REPLY VIA MY PRIVATE MAIL
rose005robert@yahoo.fr

Yours, Sincerely.
Mrs Rose Robert.

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