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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: mrs_karengrant@tiscali.co.uk
Date: Sat, 23 Jul 2005 17:46:11 +0200
Subject: USE IT FOR THE CHILDREN OF GOD

My name is Mrs. Karen Grant Smith I am a dying woman
who have decided to donate what I have to you/ church.
I am 59 years old and I was diagnosed for cancer about
2 years ago, immediately after the death of my
husband,
who had left me everything he worked for.I have been
touched by God to donate from what I have inherited
from my late husband to the you for the good work of
God than allow my relatives to use my husband hard
earned funds ungodly.

Please pray that the good Lord forgive me my sins. I
have asked God to forgive me and i believe he has
because He is a merciful God.
I will be going in for an operation tomorrow morning.
I decided to WILL/donate the sum of $5,500,000(five
million five hundred thousand dollars) to you for the
good work of the lord, and also to help the motherless
and less privilege and also for the assistance of the
widows according to (JAMES 1:27).
At the moment I cannot take any telephone calls right
now due to the fact that my relatives are around me
and my health status. I have adjusted my WILL and my
Executor is aware I have changed my will, you and him
will arrange the transfer of the funds from the
Priavte Finance company to your humbleself.

I wish you all the best and may the good Lord bless
you abundantly, and please use the funds well and
always extend the good work to others.
Contact my Executor Simon William with this specified
Email :jurist-law@hotnail.com with your full
names contact telephone/fax number and your full
address and tell him that I have WILLED
($5,500,000.00)
to you and i have also notified him that I am WILLING
that amount to you for a specific and good work.
Thanks and God bless.

NB: I will appreciate your utmost confidentiality in
this matter until the task is accomplished as I don't
want anything that will Jeopardize my last wish. And
Also I will be contacting with you by email as I
don't want my relation or anybody to know because they
are always around me.

Regards,
Karen Grant




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