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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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• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "trunk box" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
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Fraud email example:

From: susan simon226 <susan_simon226@yahoo.com>
Date: Mon, 17 Jul 2006 05:06:53 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: FROM Mrs SUSAN SIMON


Dear
Calvary Greeting to you, May God bless us all

I received and read your letter today with gratitude to ALmighty Allah . And I am impressed with your reply and persuaded to fulfil the desire of my late husband and myself,that is why I am trusting and believing your sincerity to appropriate this accordingly .

I want you to re-assure me that this fund will be used according to the desire of my late husband as soon as it is transfered to you. According to your question, I recieved you information from christian search when I am looking for the forighner that will handle this on my behalf since I am iLL

Dear , I AM welmed down, By my illness , But I am not looking for the bigness of my problem rather I'm looking the bigness of GOD, what gives me happy is that I live the life of a worth CHRISTIAN, Please I trusted you sincerly as my fellow CHRISTIAN,

followed my instructions towards this donation , Note ; this fund will goes to orphanages, widows, propagating the word of MIGHTY GOD and to endeavour that the house of mighty GOD is maintained.

My late husband deposited this box that containing the fund in the security company for safe keeping before his untimely death and he intentionally declared the content of the box as family valuables for the security of the fund ,so for your information when contacting the security company do not let them know that the content of the box is money rather as family valuables for the security of the money please.

I want you to Send me these infromation
{a} Your Full name
{b}Your Full House Address
{c} Your Working place address,
{d Your direct Telephone Number.

Immediately, I recieved the Information Details, I will Submitted it to the security company through the little sister that used to help me here, becuase I'm unable to move around, As you can sees my condition we not allowed me to actaulize this Donation on my own, That is the reason, I need a good CHRISTIAN that we handle this for me And for the sake of GOD, Followed my instructions.

Your detail will be submitted to the security company as so called the beneficauray that will recieved the truck box, that deposited on their care.

Your Informations details will make security company to recogonise you when contacting them;

Dear I will be sending you the certificate of deposit which my late husband used to Deposit this money in security company Immedaitely I received this mention Informations And Submitted It to the security company., I will Also give your the full informations of the security company where the fund lodged.

Note, Till now the security company is not aware of the content of the trunk box, my late beloved husband he intentaionally declare the content As family Valuable for the security of this money, so dearest when contacting them never disclosed the content As money rather as family Valuable.

Please, I want you to understand that this benevolence is in fulfilment of the desire and decision of my late husband which I am persuaded to actualize.This fund is desiginated for orphanages, widows, propagating the word of MIGHTY GOD and to endeavour that the house of mighty GOD is maintained.

This must be disbursed with every appropriation,accountability and prudence to the glory of ALMIGHTY GOD. I am trusting, with good spirit of almighty GOD, to chanell this money towards our desire.

Dear, why I dont want to donate this money any nearby CHURCH here, is because of my late husabnd relative, we dont have the same faith, And My late Husaband warmed me not to let them knows about this money in security company, And I promose that

I will not betrayed my late husband even on death. (Please , I will like to get your photo, if possible)

I will stop Here As I waited your informations As I mention now.
Thanks, Best Regard, Mrs SUSAN SIMON




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