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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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• This email message is a "dying widow" scam.

Fraud email example:

From: "Karlona Lona" <karlona70@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: karl_ona1@yahoo.fr
Date: Sat, 08 Oct 2005 08:40:45 -1000
Subject: From: Mrs.Mrs.Karl Ona of Netherlands

From: Mrs.Mrs.Karl Ona of Netherlands
I am Mrs.Mrs.Karl Ona from Netherlands. I am married to
Dr.Franklyn Ona who worked for twenty years before he
died in the year 2000.We were married for twenty-seven
years without a child.
He died during one of the riot in the Niger delta
region of Nigeria. He was held hostage and slain to
death by protesting youths of the region. Before his
death we were both born again Christians. Since his
death I decided not to re-marry. When my late husband
was alive he deposited the sum of (Eight Million six
hundred thousand U.S.Dollars) with a security company.
Presently, this money is still with the Security
Company and the management just wrote me as the
beneficiary to come forward to receive the money or
rather issue a letter of authorization to somebody to
receive it on my behalf if I can not come over.
Presently, I'm with my laptop in a hospital where I
have been undergoing treatment for cancer of the
lungs. 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 that this money is invested
the proceed at the end of every year distributed among
charity organization. I want a person that is God
fearing that will use this money to fund churches,
orphanages and widows propagating the word of God and
to ensure that the house of God is maintained.
The Bible made us to understand that blessed is the
hand that giveth. I took this decision because i know
that there are a lot of poor people suffering from
different kind of disease and nobody to come to their
aid. With God all things are possible. As soon as I
receive your reply I shall give you the contact of the
Security Company.
I will also issue you a letter of authority that will
prove you as the new beneficiary of this Fund. You are
to help me invest these funds into real estate,
stocks,donations for the poor,motherless baby
homes,deaf and blind orgnaisations etc . You will be
entitled to 10% of every profit you make in a year.
Please assure me that you will act accordingly as I
stated herein. Hoping to hearing from you soon.
Waiting for your reply Yours in Christ,
Mrs.Karl Ona



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