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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: MOTHER ANGELA <mother_angela335@yahoo.com>
Date: 29 Aug 2006 18:49:47 +0900
Subject: DO THIS FOR GOD?

Content-Type: text/plain

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Donating in the name of God almighty,

I am mrs chinasa collins from yorkshare,I am 58 years old,i am deaf and

suffering from a long time cancer of the breast which also affected my

brain,from all indication my conditions is really deteriorating and it

is quite obvious that, according to my doctors they have advised me that i

may not live for the next two months,this is because the cancer stage

has gotten to a very bad stage. I was brought up from a motherless babies

home was married to my late husband for twenty years without a child , he

died in a fatal motor accident. Before his death we were true Christians.



Since his death I decided not to re-marry,I sold all my inherited

belongings and deposited all the sum of $6 million dollars with a

Security Company.Presently, this money is still with them and the management

just wrote me as the true owner to come forward to receive the money for

keeping it so long or rather issue a letter of authorization to

somebody to receive it on my behalf since I can not come over because of my

illness or they get it confisticated.



Presently, I'm with my laptop in a hospital where I have been

undergoing treatment for cancer of the lungs. I have since lost my ability to talk

and my doctors have told me that I have only a few months to live. It

is my last wish to see that this money is invested to any organisation of

your choice and distributed each year among the charity

organization,the poor and the motherless babies home where i come from. I want a God

fearing person to use this money to fund churches,orphanages and

widows,I took this decision, before i rest in peace because my time will soon be

up.



As soon as I receive your reply I shall give you the contact of the

Security Company.I will also issue you a letter of authority that will

prove you as the new beneficiary of my fund. Please assure me that you

will act accordingly as I stated herein. Hoping to hearing from you

soon.

Waiting for your reply on my private email

Yours in Christ,

Mother Angela

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