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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: "Oliver Sandra" <sandra001523@hotmail.com>
Date: Mon, 01 Aug 2005 18:49:16 +0000
Subject: ATTENTION

Dear Friend,
Calvary greetings in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, I
am Evangelist Sandra Oliver, a widow to Late John Oliver. 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 really deteriorating and is quite obvious
that I may not live more than six months, because the
cancer stage has gotten to a very severe stage.

My late husband was killed during the Gulf war, and during
the period of our marriage we had a son who was also killed
in a cold blood during the Gulf war.

My late husband was very wealthy and after his death, I
inherited all his business and wealth. My personal
physician told me that I may not live for more than six
months and I am so scared about this. So, I now decided to
divide part of this wealth, by contributing to the
development of evangelism in Africa, America, Europe and
Asian Countries. I selected you after visiting the website
for this purpose and prayed over it,

I am willing to donate the sum of $3,000,000.00 Million US
Dollars to the motherless baby homes, needy, poor, charity
homes and widows too. Please note that, this fund is lying
in a Security company therefore my lawyer will file an
immediate application for the transfer of the money in the
name of your ministry. Please, do not reply me if you have
the intention of using this fund for personal use other
than enhancement of evangelism.
CONTACT ME WITH THIS E-MAIL ADDRESS [sandraprivate@teenmail.co.za]
Yours in the LORD,

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