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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: "williesandra51@terra.es" <williesandra51@terra.es>
Date: Tue, 12 Dec 2006 02:04:31 +0100 (MET)
Subject: DEAR IN CHRIST


Dear in christ,

Greetings to you in the most wonderful name of our Lord and Savior
Jesus Christ. His richest blessings shall be upon you forever.
I am Mrs Willie Sandra,I am 51 years old from Netherlands,i am deaf
and suffering froma long time cancer of the Lungs which also affected
my brain,from allindication 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 avery bad stage.


I was brought up from a motherless babies home, was married to my late
husband for twenty years without a child.My husband 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 $18.5million 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 you God fearing, to also 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
th 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. I shall wait at your
prayerful reply.

Thanking you in His precious name.

Yours in His Service
Pastor. Mrs Willie Sandra,





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