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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: "Lee Webb" <lee_e.1@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: webbike_bb@yahoo.com
Date: Tue, 07 Nov 2006 02:37:42 +0100
Subject: EVANGELIST MOTHER TINA SMITH MARITINS

FAITH OF DONATION.

My Dearest Beloved Friend,

I am Evangelist Mrs. Tina Martins smith from Netherlands. I was married to
Dr. Ahmed Martins who worked with Chevron Texaco in Nigeria for twenty years
before he died in the year 2000, May be you must have heard about him in the
oil firm. We were married for thirty-seven years without a child.

He died during one of the riot in the Niger delta region of Nigeria. He was
held hostage and slain to death by protesting youths of the region. Before
his death we were both born again Christians. Since his death I decided not
tore-marry. When my late husband was alive he deposited the sum of(Eight
Million Five Hundred Thousand Dollars) with a security company. Presently,
this money is still with the company and the management just wrote me as the
beneficiary to come for ward to receive the money or rather issue a letter
of authorization to some body to receive it on my behalf if I cannot come
over.

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 the proceed at the end of every year
distributed among charity organization. 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 gives. I took this
decision because I know that there are a lot 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. I
will also issue you a letter of authority that will prove you as the new
beneficiary of this fund. You are to help me invest this funds into real
estate and stocks. You will be entitled to 10% of every profit you make in a
year. Please assure me that you will act accordingly as I stated here in.


Waiting for your reply Yours in Christ,
Evangelist Mrs. Tina Martins smith

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