Has someone offered you a huge sum of money or a valuable consignment? It's a 419 or advance fee fraud - find out how they work, and what to do to be safe.
by remick Wed Oct 24, 2012 3:59 am
Hi,
I've just received such email:

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Date: Sun, 21 Oct 2012 12:44:21 -0700
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message opened by mailclient 6.63.4.0 (6.63.5.0)[/code]

[code]Dear beloved friend,

Greetings to you out there!!.This mail might come to you as a surprise and the temptation to ignore it as unserious could come into your mind; but please, consider it a divine wish and accept it with a deep sense of humility. My name Andreas Jamie I,m a 59 years old man. I am Australian living in ( Britain ). I was a merchant and owned two businesses in Dubai.

I was also married with two children. My wife and two children died in a car accident six years ago. Before this happened my business and concern for making money was all I lived for. I never really cared about other values in life. But since the loss of my family, I have found a new desire to assist helpless families. I have been helping orphans in orphanage/ motherless home,I have some deposit in the Bank which I want you to help me distribute to the Tsunami and Hurricane victims in Asia.

Presently, I,m in a hospital in Europe where I have been undergoing treatment for esophageal cancer. I have since lost my ability to talk and my doctors have told me that I have only a few months to live. It is my last wish to see this money distributed to charity organizations. 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.

Looking forward for your reply, kindly reply me on: [email protected]

Mr.Andreas Jamie.


Looks like scam for me, but I'm not an expert here.
The question is what should I do with such emails now and in the future. Just delete it and forget about it? Can I report it somewhere?
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by Dotti Wed Oct 24, 2012 8:30 am
It is a definite scam. It falls into the category of "Advance Fee Fraud, " of 419 scam.

The best thing you can do is post these scams to warn others who aren't sure it is a scam, and then just delete and forget. In most countries, the authorities only encourage reporting if you have lost money to the scammers.

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by vonpaso xlura Wed Oct 24, 2012 8:41 am
Typical dying widow scam. The sender is not in Australia, England, or Dubai, but in Bulgaria.

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