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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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Some comments by the Scam-O-Matic about the following email:

• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "your urgent reply" (they are rushing you so you don't have time to think properly)
• This email message is a "dying widow" scam.
• This email lists free webmail addresses. Use of such addresses is typical for scams. Lotteries, banks and any but the smallest of companies do not normally use such addresses. Criminals use them to anonymously send and receive email at Internet cafes.
  • florencebenham@yahoo.ca

Fraud email example:

From: "Florence Benham" <florence.benham@hotmail.com>
Date: Wed, 26 Oct 2005 20:12:40 -0800
Subject: I NEED YOUR URGENT REPLY SIR /MADAM

Dearest Friend
SIR/MADAM


From: Mrs flowrence Radmand of Kuwait

I am the above named person from Kuwait. I am a South African by nationality
and married to Dr. Benham Radmand who worked with Kuwait Embassy in Benin
Republic for nine years before he Shot Dead by Military troops after
approaching a checkpoint on the wrong side of the road behind Doura district
of south western Baghdad .View the Website below for detail Story of how I
lost my Husband

;http://www.aljazeera.com/me.asp?service_ID=7750


We were married for eleven years without a child. Before his death we were
both christians who always seek the glory of God at all times, though we are
not perfect but only made perfect through his grace,Since his death I
decided not to re-marry or get a child outside my matrimonial home because i
think time has runned against my age and natural ability .When my late
husband was alive he deposited the sum of $10.6Million (Ten Million six
hundred thousand U.S.Dollars) with a Security Company in Benin Republic West
Africa. Presently,this money is still with the firm and the management just
wrote me as the beneficiary to come forward to receive the trunk box of
money or rather issue a letter of authorisation to somebody to receive it on
my behalf if I can not come over.

Presently, I'm in a hospital where I have been undergoing treatment for
oesophageal cancer.I have since lost my ability to talk and my doctors have
told me that I have only a few one month to live.
It is my last wish to see this money distributed to victims of this fire
outbreak in Australia Asia and all around the world and other 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 in the name of God to
help me collect the deposit and the interest accured from the company and
distribute it accordingly. I want a God fearign person to use this money to
fund orphanages, widows and where ever Gods nameare always mentioned and
worship propagating the word of God and to ensure that the house of God is
maintained. The scripture made us to understand that Blessed is the hand
that giveth. I took this decision because I don't have any child that will
inherit this money and I don't want my husband's hard earned money to be
misused Hence the reason for taking this bold decision. I am not afraid of
death hence I know where I am going.I know that I am going to be in the
bosom of the Lord. Exodus 14 VS 14 says that the lord will fight my case and
I shall hold my peace.

I don't need any telephone communication in this regard because of my
soundless voice and presence of my husband's relatives around me always. I
don't want them to know about this development. With God all things are
possible. As soon as I receive your reply I shall give you the contact of
the Deposit Company in Benin and also the contacts of the attorney who will
help to issue you a letter of permission so that the company will be able to
release the funds to you.I want you to always pray for me because the lord
is my shephard.My happiness is that I lived a life of a worthy Christian,
whoever that wants to serve the Lord must serve him in spirit and truth.
Please always be prayerful all through your life. Any delay in your reply
will give me room in sourcing for another person for this same purpose.
Please assure me that you will act accordingly as I stated herein. Hoping to
hearing from you soon including your full contacts address
like TEL/FAX.you can reply me on this my private Email address;
florencebenham@yahoo.ca)

mrs flowrence Kheradmand
I NEED YOUR URGENT REPLY PLEASE

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