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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: "Mother Flora Angel Wokomah," <flora_angel@sify.com> (may be fake)
Reply-To: motherflora_angelwokomah@hotmail.com
Date: Sat, 5 Nov 2005 14:09:39 +0400
Subject: Please My Dear Friend Reply Urgent!!!

NAME:MOTHER FLORA ANGEL WOKOMAH
FROM :562/HR/ ROTTERDAM NETHERLAND
EMAIL:motherflora_angelwokomah@hotmail.com
SUBJECT: BE IN ABOUNDANT BLESSING

GOD BLESS YOU MY DEAR.

MY DEAR I CHOSE YOU TO DO GOD OFFER,NOT MY,BUT REMAINED YOU THAT GOD ARE
USEING ME AS A POINT OF CONTACT TOWARD YOUR ASSISTANT.
I AM MOTHER FLORA ANGEL WOKOMAH FROM ROTTERDAM NATHERLAND A WIDOW TO LATE
PATRICK WOKOMAH I AM 61 YEARS OLD, I AM A REALL CHRISTAIN CONVERT, SUFFERING

FROM LONG TIME CANCER OF THE BREAST,IN ALL INDICATION MY CONDITIONS IS
REALLY DETERIORATING AND IT IS QUITE OBVIOUS THAT I WOUDIN,T LIVE MORE THAN
THREE MONTHS, ACCORDING TO MY DOCTORS,AND ALL INDICATION REGARDS TO MEDICAL
ANALYSIS, THIS IS BECAUSE THE CANCER STAGE HAS GOTTEN TO A VERY BAD STAGE
THAT NO HOPE FOR ME TO BE A LIVING PERSON AGAIN,

THIS IS TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE GOOD REPORT I RECEIVED ABOUT YOUR PERSONALITY
THROUGH A GOOD CONTACT I MADE FROM THE DUBAI,UNITED ARAB EMIRATES,
CHAMBER OF COMMERCE.WHERE A LONG LIST OF FOREIGN ADDRESSES WAS PRESENTED
TO ME.AND MY INTUITION TOLD ME TO CONTACT YOU IN THIS REGARD.

MY LATE HUSBAND KILLED DURING THE U.S. RAID AGAINST TERRORISM IN
AFGHANISTAN, AND DURING THE PERIOD OF OUR MARRIAGE WE COULD NOT PRODUCE ANY
CHILD.MY LATE HUSBAND WAS VERY WEALTHY AND AFTER HIS DEATH, I INHERITED ALL
HIS BUSINESS AND WEALTH. THE DOCTORS HAS ADVISED ME THAT I MAY NOT LIVE FOR
MORE THAN SIX MONTHS, SO I NOW DECIDED TO DIVIDE THE PART OF MY WEALTH, TO
CONTRIBUTE TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE CHURCH IN AFRICA, AMERICA ASIA AND
EUROPE ESPECAILLY CREATE SOLUTION TO PROBLEM OF LESS PREVILLAGED ONES AND
ALPHANAGE HOMES.

MY DEAR,I SELECTED YOU AFTER VISITING THE WEBSITE I PRAYED AND FAST FOR
THREE WEEKS OVER IT WITH ADVISE OF MY GOD, I AM WILLING TO DONATE THE SUM OF

$18.3000.000.00 U.S DOLLARS, TO THE LESS PRIVILEGED ONCE.
PLEASE I WANT YOU TO NOTE THAT MY FUND IS LYING IN SECURITY COMPANY DUBAI
U.A.E AND UPON MY INSTRUCTION,

AS SOON AS YOU GET BACK TO ME I WILL GIVE YOU THE CONTACT OF LAWYER
WHO WILL FILE IN AN APPLICATIONFOR FOR THE TRANSFER OF THE MONEY IN YOUR
NAME
LASTLY,I HONESTLY PRAY THAT THIS MONEY WHEN TRANSFERRED WILL BE USED FOR THE

SAID PURPOSE EVEN THOUHG IM LATE THEN, BECAUSE I HAVE COME TO FIND OUT THAT
WEALTH ACQUISITION WITHOUT CHRIST IS VANITY AND I MADE THE PROMISE TO GOD
THAT THE FUND WILL BE USE TO BUILD HIS TEMPLE. MAY THE GRACE OF OUR LORD
JESUS THE LOVE OF GOD AND THE FELLOWSHIP OF GOD BE WITH YOU AND YOUR FAMILY
IN JESUS NAME I PRAYED AMEN.

I AWAIT URGENT RESPONSE.

REMAIN BLESS AND LIVE LONG.
MOTHER FLORA ANGEL WOKOMAH
MOTHER OF THE CHILDREN

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