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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:

• 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.
  • nkamarose01@gmail.com

Fraud email example:

From: "Mrs.Rose Nkama"<rosenkama@ozu.es>
Reply-To: <nkamarose02@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 11 Jul 2009 16:25:44 +0100
Subject: My Beloved

My beloved,

I am I Mrs. Rose Nkama. I was married to late Mr.Nkama, The CEO Veekrol Link Ltd London United Kingdom, an experienced contractor England.Before he died in 2006. We were married eleven years without a child. He died after a short illness.After his death I decided not to re-marry or have a child outside my matrimonial home. When my husband was alive, he deposited the sum of $16.300,000. Dollars (sixteen million three hundred thousand Dollars) with a security company.

My doctor told me that I will not the last for the next three months due to cancer problem. After my condition, i known decided to donate these funds better the lives of the less privileged. I must be honest and trust Worthy Individual I will use this money in accordance with my instruction. I want the funds used to finance religious organizations, orphanages and less privileged propagating the word of God. I took this decision because I do not have a child that will inherit this money and my husband relatives are very unkind to me and I decided to Donate 70% to orphanages and less privileged 30% is for you, i don't want my husband hard earned money to be misused.

I am not afraid of death so I know where I go. I know I will be in the bosom of the Lord. Exodus 14 VS 14 says that the Lord will fight my course and I will hold my peace. I speak little English and French in case you want a phone communication in this regard. Once I have your answer, I suggest that you contact the security, and my business. For legitimacy, I will also send a letter of authority that the power as the original beneficiaries of the fund. I want you to always pray for me, any delay in your reply will give me room in sourcing for another individual for this same purpose. You can contact me write me thruogh this email(nkamarose01@gmail.com)

Thank you,
Yours sincerely,
Mrs. Rose Nkama

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