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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:
  • "your urgent reply" (scammers rush victims so they don't have time to think properly)
• 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.
  • brownanita57@yahoo.co.uk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: <anitabrown@centrum.cz>
Date: Fri, 13 Mar 2009 13:29:30 +0100
Subject: Thank You My Dear Beloved.


GOOD DAY.
GREETING IN THE NAME OF OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST. I AM MRS ANITA BROWN, A W=
IDOW TO LATE THOMAS BROWN. I AM 70 YEARS OLD, I AM=C2=A0 A NEW CHRISTIAN =
CONVERT, SUFFERING FROM LONG TIME CANCER OF THE BREAST, FROM ALL INDICATI=
ON MY CONDITIONS IS REALLY DETERIORATING AND IT IS QUITE OBVIOUS THAT I W=
ON'T LIVE MORE THAN SIX MONTHS, ACCORDING TO MY DOCTORS, THIS IS BECAUSE =
THE CANCER STAGE HAS GOTTEN TO A VERY BAD STAGE. MY LATE HUSBAND WAS KILL=
ED DURING THE U.S. RAID AGAINST TERRORISM IN AFGHANISTAN, AND DURING THE =
PERIOD OF OUR MARRIAGE WE COULDN'T PRODUCE ANY CHILD.MY LATE HUSBAND WAS =
VERY WEALTHY AND AFTER HIS DEATH, I INHERITED ALL HIS BUSINESS AND WEALTH.
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THE DOCTORS HAS ADVISED ME THAT I MAY NOT LIVE FOR MORE THAN SIX MONTHS,=
SO I NOW DECIDED TO DIVIDE THE PART OF THIS WEALTH, TO CONTRIBUTE TO THE=
DEVELOPMENT OF THE CHURCH IN AMERICA ASIA, AND EUROPE. I SELECTED YOU AF=
TER VISITING WEB SITE AND I PRAYED OVER IT. I AM WILLING TO DONATE THE SU=
M OF $12,000.000.00 U.S DOLLARS, TO THE LESS PRIVILEGED. PLEASE I WANT YO=
U TO NOTE THAT THIS FUND IS LYING IN A BANK IN NIGERIA.I HONESTLY PRAY TH=
AT THIS MONEY,WHEN TRANSFERRED WILL BE USED FOR THE SAID PURPOSE, BECAUSE=
I HAVE COME TO FIND OUT THAT WEALTH ACQUISITION WITHOUT CHRIST IS VANITY=
. MAY THE GRACE OF OUR LORD JESUS THE LOVE OF GOD AND THE FELLOWSHIP OF G=
OD BE WITH YOU AND YOUR FAMILY,I AWAIT YOUR URGENT REPLY. YOU GET BACK TO=
ME ON MY ALTERNATIVE EMAIL ADDRESS: brownanita57@yahoo.co.uk
YOURS IN CHRIST.
ANITA BROWN
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