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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 Carol Gordon." <carolgmrs@myway.com>
Reply-To: carolmrsg@30gigs.com
Date: Mon, 5 Jun 2006 11:28:29 -0400 (EDT)
Subject: Hello! please responde.


Hello,You may be surprised to receive this unsolicited mailas it may appear to be. Sorry to bother you any way.Glory be to God, My names are MRS. CAROL GORDON fromAmerica married to LATE MR. RICHARDS GORDON who workedwith the American embassy in England.We were both married for years without children.I do not intend to waste much of your time, my husbandleft some money for me which i intend to give out forcharity purpose,to a God fearing individual or firmthat will received and use the money to helpORPHANGES,WIDOWS,and PROPAGATE THE WORD OF GOD. I amlooking for someone that I can trust to handle thisfunds.Because of my present condition of my health problemthat is while i took this decision to give the moneyout is that since i do not have a child and due to myhusbands belief in giving to the less previlage andbefore my husband died we both decided to give themoney out for charity works that was our wish. And iwant to carry out my husbands wish so that he will behappy with m!
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where ever he may be.The truth of the matter is i know that based on whatis going on all over the internet, people find it verydifficult to assist one another and also find itdifficult to believe issues like this but i assure youthat as soon as you can garantee me of your trust andhonestly i will be able to work with you.As soon as you get intouch with me i will tell you allthe modalities that is invovled in this project.May God bless you.Mrs. Carol Gordon.

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