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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: "MARY MOMOH" <marymomoh101@yahoo.it> (may be fake)
Reply-To: marymomoh103@yahoo.it
Date: Tue, 14 Jan 2003 20:49:43 +0100
Subject: EXPANSION OF THE GOSPEL

My Lordship,
Greetings in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, I
am former Mrs Fatima Aisha Momoh, now Mrs Mary
Momoh, a widow to Late Sheik Mohammed Momoh, I am
74years old, I am now a new Christian convert,
suffering from long time cancer of the breast, from
all indications my condition is really deteriorating and
its quite obvious that I won't live more than six months
according to my Doctors because the cancer stage has
gotten to a very bad stage.
My late husband was killed during the Gulf war,
and during the period of our marriage we couldn't
produce any child. My late husband was very wealthy
and after his death, I inherited all his business and
wealth. The doctor has advised me that I may not live for
more than six months, so I now decided to divide part
of this wealth, to contribute to the development of
the church in Africa, America and Europe.
I selected your church after visiting the website
and I prayed over it, I am willing to donate the sum
of $10.000,000.00 Million Us Dollars to your Church
for the development of your church and also for the
less privileged. my lawyers will file in an
application for the transfer of the money in the name
of your ministry.
Lastly I honestly pray that this money when
transferred will be used for the said purpose,
because I have come to find out that wealth
acquisition without Christ is vanity upon vanity.
Allieulia .
If you have to die says the Lord, keep fit and I
will give you the crown of life.
May the Grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, the love
of God, and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit be
with you.
I await your urgent reply.
Yours in Christ
Mary Momoh.

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