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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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• An email address listed inside this email has been used in a known fraud before.
• This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
  
• This email lists free webmail addresses. Use of such addresses is typical for scams. Lotteries, banks and any but the smallest of companies do not normally use such addresses. Criminals use them to anonymously send and receive email at Internet cafes.
  • virginchrist@uku.co.uk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: Virginia Christopher <vigchrist11@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: <virginchrist@uku.co.uk>
Date: Fri, 24 Aug 2007 12:11:10 -0400
Subject: From Mrs. Virginia Christopher



Heavenly Greetings, sir/Ma, How are you hope you are keeping healthy, is your ministry into humanitarian activities? Let me quickly introduce myself as Mrs. Virginia Christopher a wife to Mr.Heinrich Christopher a German based business man in London, It's a sorrowful thing to say that he died on the 19th of may 2003, (God knows best).When my husband was alive, He deposited his life's savings (us $40.5 million) with Global Security Company Limited here in London , with my name as the next of kin. As God may have it, recently I was diagnosed of liver cancer, and the doctors said i have just six months to live. In view of my condition, and the fact that i have nobody to leave this money behind for, with the exception of my husband people who are not Christians, I decided to donate this money to either a living Church or a humanitarian organization that will use this money in propagating the good massage and also taking care of the orphans, widows, and the needy generally.( 2Cor:4:6-18-17 ).By so doing, I would have succeeded in immortalizing the name of my late Husband. Right on my dying bed, I write with great pains to you with the hope that all is well with you and your ministry. Moreso,I will discuss with the Security Company that has the funds and by the special grace of God they will do all within their capacity to work with you to get the funds to allow for the spreading of the gospel. In view of this therefore, kindly provide me with your full details,i.e,name,address,telephone and fax numbers, a form of identifications as this will be send to the Global Security Company wherein you will be required to confirm same when they contact you. Once I have this information, expect a correspondence from the Company in the next 48hrs. I wish you the very best as the Lord uses you for the work of the gospels. Yours in the Lord,Mrs. Virginia ChristopherPlease, reply this mail via this email address;virginchrist@uku.co.uk
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