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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.
Read more about such scams here or in our 419 FAQ. Use the Scam-O-Matic to verify suspect emails.
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Some comments by the Scam-O-Matic about the following email:
Fraud email example:
From: "lucymtx01" <lucymtx01@terra.com.mx>
Date: Sat, 7 Oct 2006 15:08:39 +0000
Subject: Valuable trust,
Dear beloved,
It is by the grace of God that I received Christ, knowing the truth and the truth have set me free. Having known the truth I had no choice than to do what is lawful and right in the sight of God for eternal life and in the sight of man for witness of Gods mercy and glory upon my life.
I know you will definitely take this as a deceptive email,because of the swindle news we hear everyday. Let me first of all inform you, that I got your email id from a mail directory and i decided to email you for a permission to go ahead on this matter. I am Mrs. Lucy Martins from BAHAMAS. I am married to Mr. Larry Martins who worked with Mobile company in LONDON for Nine years before he died in the year 2003. We were married for twenty-one years without a child, Since his death I decided not to re-marry. When my late husband was alive he deposited the sum of ($4.6m)with a bank in LONDON and now the management of the bank have just wrote me to come forward to receive the money or rather issue a letter of authorization to somebody to receive it on my behalf if I can not come over.
I am presently at the hospital with my laptop 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 and at the end of every year distributed among charity organizations. i want a person that is God fearing that will use this money to fund churches, orphanages and widows propagating the word of God and to ensure that the house of God is maintained. The Bible made us to understand that blessed is the hand that giveth.
I took this decision because I know that there are allot of poor people suffering from different kind of disease and nobody to come to their aid. With God all things are possible. As soon as I receive your reply I shall give you the contact of the bank in LONDON.I will also issue you a letter of authority and certificate of claim that will prove you as the new beneficiary of this fund. Please assure me that you will act accordingly as I stated here.
I await your urgent reply.
Yours in Christ,
Mrs. Lucy Martins
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