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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: "alondracarlos@zonai.com" <alondracarlos@zonai.com>
Date: Mon, 12 Jun 2006 16:06:07 +0100
Subject: Warm Greetings!

From: Alondra Jose-Carlos
Email: alondracarlos@zonai.com

Warm Greetings!

Forgive my indignation if this message comes to you as a surprise and may
offend
your personality for contacting you without your prior consent and writing
through this channel.I got your contact from a professional database found
in internet while searching for a reliable and honest person that will be an
anointed steward in a vision very dear to me.

I am Mrs. Alondra Jose-Carlos person from Puerto Rico undergoing medical
treatment. I am married to Dr. Kevin Jose-Carlos who was a gun runner
supplying arms and ammunition to warring factions in Africa before he died
in the year 2002.We were married for eleven years without a child. He died
after a brief illness that lasted for only four days. Since his after death, I
decided not to re-marry or get a child outside my matrimonial home. When my late
husband was alive he deposited the sum of £ 11.8.Million (Eleven Million,
Eight Hundred Thousand British Pounds Sterling) with a Fiduciary company.
Presently ,this money is still with the Fiduciary Company. Recently,
my doctor told me that I would not last for the next
three months due to cancer problem. Though what disturbs me most is my partial
paralysis. Having known my condition I decided to donate this fund to an
organisation or individual that will utilize this money the way I am going
to instruct here in. I want an organisation or individual that will use this to
fund, women and youth groups, victims of war, environmental protection
,charities, orphanages and widows . It is said that blessed is the hand that
giveth.

I took this decision because I don't have any child that will inherit this
money and as a part of restitution for the atrocities of my husband which I
tacitly supported. I don't want a situation where this money will be used in an
ungodly manner , 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. If you consider yourself adequately equipped morally and
spiritually for this mission, please ,respond by letting me know your
decision to alondracarlos@zonai.com

Yours sincerely,

Mrs. Alondra Jose-Carlos

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