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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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• An email address listed inside this email has been used in a known fraud before.
• This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
  
• 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.
  • wad_jes@myway.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "jessica wadu" <jessicawadup@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: lubbeett500@myway.com
Date: Fri, 23 Jun 2006 01:28:53 +0100
Subject: WIDOW!!!


I AM WRITING TO SEEK YOUR WILLINGNESS AND KINDNESS TO ASSIST ME IN A
LEGITIMATE MULTI-MILLION DOLLAR TRANSFER.I IMPLORE YOU TO PLEASE GO THROUGH
THIS MESSAGE AND SYMPATHISE WITH ME.
I AM MRS.JESSICA WADU,WIFE OF LATE DONATUS WADU,A NIGERIA/INTERNATIONAL
BUSINESSMAN WHO WAS MURDERED ON THE 6 DAY OF OCTOBER,2001;BY SOME UNKNOWN
GUNMEN.

I AM SURVIVED WITH TWO CHILDREN(DAUGHTERS)TO THE GLORY OF GOD FOR HIM,DUE TO
OUR AFRICA LOW BELIEVE,AFTER HIS DEATH ALL HIS FABULOUS WEALTHS AND
PROPERTIES WERE INHERITED BY HIS CLOSE RELATIVES,SIMPLY BECAUSE I DID NOT
BEAR A MALE CHILD FOR THEIR LATE BROTHER,NOW LEAVING ME AND MY TWO DAUGHTERS
IN A REAL DIFFICULT SITUATION.

AS GOD WOULD WANT THINGS LATE LAST YEAR 2005,ONE OF HIS FAITHFUL LAWYERS
SECRETLY CAME TO ME WITH SOME DOCUMENTS COVERING MY LATE HUSBAND AS THE
BENEFICIARY OF SOME FUNDS AMOUNTING TO THE TUNE OF US$19,350,000.000,
(NINETEEN MILLION THREE HUNDRED AND FIFTY UNITED STATE DOLLARS) WHICH HE
BANKED WITH A BANK HERE IN NIGERIA.
HE (THE LAWYER) HAS PROMISED TO HELP ME MAKE CHANGE OF OWNERSHIP TO A
FORIEGN ACCOUNT AND TO TENDER ALL VALID/LEGAL DOCUMENTS TO THE NEW
BENEFICIARY TO ENABLE HIM/HER MAKE CLAIMS OF THE FUNDS.

PLEASE IF YOU ARE THE GOD SENT TO HELP ME AND MY DAUGHTERS FROM THIS
HARDSHIP,I WILL WANT YOU TO INDICATE YOUR WILLINGNESS TO HELP,SO THAT I
REFER/ENTRUST YOU TO THE LAWYER STRAIGHT.

I HAVE SET ASIDE 25% OF THE TOTAL SUM FOR YOUR ASSISTANCE AND KINDNESS,WHERE
YOU WILL ADVICE ME ON A PROFITABLE BUSINESS IN YOUR COUNTRY FOR MY DAUGHTERS
AS THEY ARE THE ONLY HOPE I HAVE IN LIFE NOW.

PLEASE HELP A WIDOW FOR THE MERCIFUL GOD WILL KEEP REWARDING YOU.
I WILL BE PLEASED IF MY REQUEST IS NOT IGNORED.
PLEASE RESPOND TO MY ALTERNATE EMAIL ACCOUNT AT : wad_jes@myway.com

BEST REGARDS
MRS.JESSICA WADU

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