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"419" Scam – Advance Fee / Fake Lottery Scam

The so-called "419" scam is a type of fraud dominated by criminals from Nigeria and other countries in Africa. Victims of the scam are promised a large amount of money, such as a lottery prize, inheritance, money sitting in some bank account, etc.

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.

Keep in mind that scammers DO NOT use their real names when defrauding people.
The criminals either abuse names of real people or companies or invent names or addresses.
Any real people or companies mentioned below have NO CONNECTION to the scammers!

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From: "CHARITY PROJECT" <kuntic@suonline.net>
Reply-To: baxter0822@gmail.com
Date: Tue, 19 Feb 2008 12:18:26 +0100
Subject: A CRY FOR HELP

Dear Beloved in Christ.
It is by the grace of God that I received Christ,having known the truth, I
had no hoice than to do what is lawful and just in the sight of God
for eternal life and in the sight of man for witness of God & is Mercies and
glory upon my life.
I am Mrs.Sarah Baxter, the wife of Mr ricky Baxter, my husband worked with
the Chevron/Texaco in Jordan for twenty years before he died in the year
2005.We were married for ten years without a child. My Husband died after a
brief illness that lasted for only four days.Before his death we both got
born-again and dedicated christians.
Since his death I decided not to re-marry or get a child outside my
matrimonial home which the Bible is strongly against.When my late husband was
alive he deposited the sum of US$7.5 Million.(Seven Million Five Hundred
Thousand U.S.Dollars) with a Bank in Europe.
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
beneficairy 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(note that you need to activate this account) as I can
not come over.
Presently,I'm in a hospital in Jordan where I have been undergoing treatment
for esophageal cancer.I have since lost my ability to talk and my doctors
have told me that I have only a few weeks to live. It is my last wish to see
this money distributed to charity organizations anywhere in the World.Because
relatives and friends have plundered so much of
my wealth since my illness,I cannot live with the agony of entrusting this
huge responsibility to any of them.
Please,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-fearing who
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 don't have any child that will inherit this money and
my husband's relatives are not Christians and I don't want my husband's hard
earned money to be misused by unbelievers. I don't want a situation where
this money will be used in an ungodly manner.
Hence the reason for taking this bold decision.
I am not afraid of death since I know where I am going to. I know that I am
going to be in the bosom of the Lord. {Exodus14 VS14}says that the lord will
fight my case and I shall hold my peace. I don't need any telephone
communication in this regard because of my soundless voice and presence of my
husband's relatives around me always.I don't want them
to know about this development.
With God all things are possible.
If you are interested in help me fullfill this dream,you can email to my
personal email:baxter0822@gmail.com

Your Sister in Christ,
Mrs.Sarah Baxter


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