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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 american 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)
  • "00,000.00" (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)
• 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.
  • paulinagomezx.gomez1@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: paulina gomez <paulinagomez7@msn.com>
Reply-To: <paulinagomezx.gomez1@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 14 Mar 2009 11:30:17 +0000
Subject: DEAREST BELOVED,YOUR URGENT REPLY NEEDED



Dearest Beloved,

As you read this, I don't want you to feel sorry for me, because, I believe everyone will die someday. My name is Mrs. Paulina Gomez, an American merchant Living in Safat, (Kuwait) I was married with two children.

My Husband and two children died in a Train accident six years ago. I have been diagnosed with cancer of the lungs. It has defiled all forms of medical treatment to the extent i can not talk again neither do i do something of my own, and right now I have only about a few months to live, according to medical experts.

I have not particularly lived my life so well, as I never really cared for anyone (not even myself and my immediately family) but my business. Though I am so blessed with wealth, I was never generous, I am always hostile to people and only focused on my business as that was the only thing I cared for. But now I regret all this as I now know that there is more to life than just wanting to have or make all the money in the world.

I believe when God gives me a second chance to come to this world I would live my life a different way from how I have lived it. Now that God has called me, I have willed and given most of my property and assets to my immediate and extended family members as well as a few close friends. I want God to be merciful to me and accept my soul , I have decided to give arms to charity organizations, as I want this to be one of the last good deeds I do on earth. So far, I have distributed money to some charity organizations in the U.A.E, Algeria and Malaysia. Now that my health has deteriorated so badly, I cannot do this myself anymore.

I once asked members of my family to close one of my accounts and distribute the money which I have there to charity organization in Bulgaria and Pakistan, they refused and kept the money to themselves. Hence, I do not trust them anymore, as they seem not to be contended with what I have left for them. The last of my money which no one knows of is the huge Amount of Ten Million American dollars (U.S.$10.000,000) that I have with a finance/Security Company in Cotonue Benin Republic and the same amount($10,000,000.00) is deposited in another security company in Germany

I would want you to help me collect this deposit as new Beneficiary of the fund before you dispatched it to charity organizations. I have set aside only 20% for you and for your time and also 5% as miscellaneous expenses. Reply me at your earliest convenience for more directives so that i can link you up with the security company to go ahead with them. Please every of your correspondence should be sent to my alternative mail box as:
paulinagomezx.gomez1@gmail.com

God be with you.

Regards,

Mrs. Pualina Gomez

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