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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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Fraud email example:

From: mrsbaisha@handbag.com
Date: Thu, 5 Feb 2004 17:20:59 +0100
Subject: MY WISH TO GLORIFY GOD.

Beloved In Christ,

Calvary greetings in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, I am Mrs Aisha Alade
Bamaiyi, a widow to Late Sherrif Bamaiyi, I am 70years old, I am now a new
Christian convert, suffering from long time cancer of the breast.

From all indications, my condition is serious and according to my doctor
it is quite obvious that I may not survive the sickness,although as a christain,I
beleive God and I know that I will not die,I will leave to declare the glory
of God. My late husband and my only son was killed during the Ogoni Crisis
and I am presently Leaving alone.Our Lord Jesus Christ is my comforter.


My late husband was very wealthy we have a lot of properties including Shares
and houses.After the death of my husband,I made up my mind to travel abroad
to leave the rest of my life and continue to do the work of God as a missionary.I
called our lawyer and I instructed him to sell all my husbands properties
and shares to enable me raise some money to conitue my mission.The lawyer
sold the Shares and some of the properties and I was able raise the sum
of $20,000,000.00(twenty million US Dollars)The fund is in cash,for the
safety of the fund till am able to travel out,I packaged the fund in consignments
deposited it with a Security Company.

Presently,all the documents concerning the consignments are with my lawyer.Now
that my sickness has gone to this stage,I am scared and I want the fund
to be used for the work of God all over the world. I have prayed and I told
God to direct me to an honest christ who will receive this fund and utilise
it for things that will glorify the name of God.

After my prayers,I searched the christain site in the internet,I found your
email address and I decided to contact you.Please if you are interested
in using this fund for the work of God,please send to me your full names
and address to enable me give it to my lawyer for immediate arrangement
with the security company on how the conbsignments that contained the fund
will be delivered to you.

I await your urgent reply.

Thanks and God bless you.

Mrs Aisha Alade Bamaiyi.

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