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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.

Fraud email example:

From: "Stella Castillo" <stella_casta01@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: stella_cast2006@yahoo.es
Date: Fri, 13 Jan 2006 08:59:02 -0900
Subject: RESPOND ASAP



My Dear,

Warm Greetings!

Forgive my indignation if this message comes to you as a surprise and may
offend your personality for contacting you without your prior consent and
writing through this channel.I got your contact from a proffesional database
found in internet while searching for a reliable
and honest person that will be an annointed steward in a vision very dear to
me.

I am Mrs.Luz Stella Castillo Taborda. person from Colombia undergoing
medical treatment. I am married to Dr. Castillo Tarboda who was a gun runner
supplying arms and ammunition to warring factions in Africa before he died
in the year 2002.

We were married for eleven years without a child.He died after a brief
illness that lasted for only four days. Since his death I decided not to
re-marry or get a child outside my matrimonial home.When my late husband was
alive he deposited the sum of$37.6Million (Thirty seven Million, six hundred
thousand U.S.Dollars) with a Deposit company.

Presently,this money is still with the Deposit Company. Recently,my doctor
told me that I would not last for the next three months due to cancer
problem. Though whatdisturbs me most is my partial paralysis.
Having known my condition I decided to donate this fund to an organisation
or individual that will utilize this money the way I am going to instruct
here in. I want an organisation or individual that will use this to fund,
women and youth groups, victims of war,environmental protection, charities,
orphanages and widows . It is said that blessed is the hand that giveth.

I took this decision because I don't have any child that will inherit this
money and as a part of restitution for the attrocities of my husband which I
tacitly supported. I don't want a situation where this money will be used in
an ungodly manner,hence the reason for taking this bold decision.

I am not afraid of death hence I know where I am going.I know that I am
going to be in the bossom.If you consider yourself adequately equipped
morally and spiritually for this mission,please send me a brief memo of how
you intend to use the funds.

Thank you and God bless.

Yours sincerely,

Mrs.Luz Stella Castillo Taborda


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