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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: jomtinez@terra.com.mx
Date: Thu, 2 Dec 2004 13:39:38 +0100
Subject: Donations.

Dear friend,

Greetings to you and your family! 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. I came to know of you in my private search for a reliable and
trust-worthy person to whom I can entrust my last wish to.

My name is Jose A. Martinez; I am a 64 years old man, I am Cuban currently
residing in Dubai (United Arab Emirate). I was formerly living in Cuba and
served under Castro`s government but had to run into self exile after the
ruling Government of Fidel Castro closed in on my family on accusations
of anti-government statements, I was once married with two children but
my family could not escape before the deadly hands of Castro`s goons fell
on them.

l did made a lot of money serving Castro and on getting to UAE, I have been
a merchant here in Dubai dealing in Ornamentals, Oriental Carpets and Artifacts
and life was very smooth for me until about three(3) years ago when I was
first diagnosed of Cancer of the Larynx.

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 and hometown, I have found a new desire to assist helpless
families. I have been helping orphans in orphanage/motherless homes. I have
once donated some money to orphans in war ravaged Eritrea, Somalia, Sudan
and some East European Countries.

Before I became ill, I kept $ 8.5 Million (Eight Million, Five Hundred Thousand
United States Dollars) in a long-term deposit vault of a Security/Finance
Company and I didn`t state any next of kin when the money was deposited
and if I died without stating any the money will automatically go into the
coffers of the Security Company and I don`t want this to happen.

I am contemplating leaving the hospital to seek alternative oriental medi-care
in an acupuncture clinic, I have been undergoing treatment for Oesophageal
Cancer at the hospital and I am still here without ay improvement. 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. Please, I beg you if you can to help me collect the deposit
and distribute it amongst charity organizations. Use your judgement to distribute
the money and feel free to reimburse yourself when you have the money for
any cost you incur during the process of collecting and distributing the
money to charity organizations.

I am going to send you vital documents to back my claims and I am willing
to offer you a reward If you are willing to help, please reply as soon as
you can on my alternate email address: ( jmtinez@pcpostal.com ).Looking
forward to hearing from you soonest.

Regards,

J. A Martinez


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