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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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Some comments by the Scam-O-Matic about the following email:

• This email message is a "dying widow" scam.

Fraud email example:

From: DEAN HERRIN <deanherrin151@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: <deanherrin@yahoo.it>
Date: Fri, 7 Dec 2007 20:25:25 +0000
Subject: I am Mrs.Dean Herrin



I am Mrs.Dean Herrin ,the wife of Mr.Sam Herrin,both of us,are citizens of the United states of America. my husband worked with the Chevron/Texaco in Russia for twenty years before he died in the year 2003.We were married for ten years without a child. My Husband died after a brief illness that lasted for only four days. When my late husband was alive he deposited the sum of(7.500,000) (Seven Million Five Hunderd thousand Pounds ) with a Bank in london . Presently,this money is still with the Bank and the management just wrote me as the beneficiary that our account has been DORMANT and if I, as the beneficiary of the funds, do not re-activate the account; the funds will be CONFISCATED or I rather issue a letter of authorization to somebody to receive it on my behalf as I can not come over. Presently,I'm in a hospital in Russia where I have been under going treatment for esophageal cancer.I beg you in the name of God to help me Stand in as the beneficiary and collect the Funds from the Bank. i want a person that is God fearingwho will use this money to fund Charity organisation.20% of the money will be given to you and 80% for the charity organisations. Best Regard. Mrs Dean Herrin
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