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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: "luisa harvey" <luisaharv08@hotmail.com>
Date: Thu, 26 Oct 2006 10:35:22 +0100
Subject: ATTENTION MY DEAREST ONE

Dearest,

I am Mrs. Luisa from Netherlands. I am married to Dr.Franklyn Harvey who
worked with Nigeria National Petroleum Cooperation NNPC) for twenty years
before he died in the year
2005.We were married for twenty-seven years without a child. He died during
one of
the riot in the Niger delta region of Nigeria. He was held hostage and
slain to death by protesting youths of the region. Before his death we were
both born again Christians. Since his death I
decided not to re-marry.When my late husband was alive he deposited the
sum of (Eight Million six hundred thousand U.S.Dollars) with a security
company.

Presently, this money is still with the Security Company and the management
just wrote me as the beneficiary to come forward to receive the money or
rather issue a letter of Authorization to somebody to receive it on my
behalf if I can not come over.

Presently, I'm with my laptop in a hospital where I have been undergoing
treatment for cancer of the lungs. 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 that this money is invested the proceed at the end of every
year distributed among charity organization. I want a person that is God
fearing that will use this money to fund churches, orphanages and widows
propagating the word of God and to ensure that the house of God is
maintained.


The Bible made us to understand that blessed is the hand that giveth. I took
this decision because i know that there are a lot of poor people suffering
from different kind of disease and nobody to come to their aid. With God all
things are possible. As soon as I receive your reply I shall give you the
contact of the Security Company. I will also issue you a letter of
authority that will prove
you as the new beneficiary of this Fund.You are to help me invest these
funds into real estate and stocks.You will be entitled to 10% of every
profit you make in a year.

Please assure me that you will act accordingly as I stated herein.
Hoping to hearing from you soon.
Waiting for your reply

Yours in Christ,

Mrs.Luisa Harvey.

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