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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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• This email message is a "dying widow" scam.

Fraud email example:

From: "angela norsker culley" <angela_ffff@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: angela_fphilips@mail.ru
Date: Mon, 02 Oct 2006 12:56:34 +0000
Subject: MY BELOVED IN CHRIST

MY BELOVED IN CHRIST,

Please read this slowly and carefully, as it may be one of the most
important emails you ever get.

I am Mrs Angela F. Philips from Greece. I was married to Late Roy
Philips.The CEO Veekrol Link Ltd London United Kingdom, a seasoned
contractor in England. He died on Monday, 31 July, 2000 in Paris. We were
married
for eleven years without a child. After his death I decided notto re-marry
or get a child outside my matrimonial home. When my late
husband was alive, he deposited the sum of £5.3 Million GBP in a bank in
England, which is now wasting there. My Doctor told me that I would not last
for the next three months due to cancer problem. Having known my condition I
decided to donate this funds to better the lives of the less
privileged. I need honest and trust worthy individual that will utilize this
money in accordance with my instruction.

I want the funds to be used in funding religious organisations, orphanages
and less privileged propagating the word of God. I took this decision
because I don't have any child that will inherit this money and my husband
relatives are very unkind to me and I don't want my husbands hard earned
money to be misused. I am not afraid of death hence I know where I am going.
I know that I am going to be in the bosom of the Lord. Exodus 14 VS 14 says
that thelord will fight my course and I shall hold my peace.

As soon as I receive your reply I shall give you the contact of the Bank,
for them to process the and transfer the funds to you. For legitimacy, you
will be issue you a letter of authority that will empower you as the
original-beneficiary of this 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 purposeThanks,

Yours sincerely,
Mrs. Casandra Culley Norske.

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