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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: LINDSAY BURKHART <burkhart.1421@osu.edu>
Reply-To: mrs.sandrawestley123@hotmail.com
Date: Thu, 27 Mar 2008 20:26:43 -0800
Subject: FROM Mrs.Sandra Westley RESPONE IMMEDIATELY

=3CBR=3E=3CBR=3E4 Old Church Street=2C = =3CBR=3EChelsea=2CSW3=2C England=2E =3CBR=3EI am sorry for bouncing into your privacy=2E You might not know = the =3CBR=3Esender of this Mail=2E But i got your E-mail when searching file= s on reputable =3CBR=3Epeople online=2E let me start by introducing myself=2EHere write= s Mrs =3CBR=3Esandra westley (Phd=2EMsc=2CFsd)=2EHere writes sandra westley=2C= =3CBR=3EI am married to Engineer Silas Davis an Englishman who is dead=2E= = =3CBR=3EWhen my late husband was alive he deposited the sum of 3 Million= = =3CBR=3E(THREE Million Great Britain Pounds Sterling which were derived = =3CBR=3Efrom his vast estates and investment in capital market with a se= curity =3CBR=3Ecompany here in UK=2E Presently=2Cthis money is still with the o= nline bank=2E =3CBR=3EMy Doctor told me that I have limited days to live due to the = =3CBR=3Ecancerous problems I am suffering from=2E I have decided to dona= te = =3CBR=3Ethis fund to you and want you to use this gift which comes from = =3CBR=3Emy husbands effort to fund the upkeep of widows=2C widowers=2C o= rphans=2C = =3CBR=3Edestitute=2C the down-trodden=2C physically challenged children=2C= = =3CBR=3Ebarren-women and persons who prove to be genuinely handicapped = =3CBR=3Efinancially=2E =3CBR=3EAs soon as I receive your reply I shall give you the contact of = the =3CBR=3Eonline bank in UK=2E I will also issue you a Letter of Authority= = =3CBR=3Ethat will empower you as the original beneficiary of this fund=2E= My = =3CBR=3Ehappiness is that I lived a life worthy of emulation=2E Please a= lways = =3CBR=3Ebe prayerful all through your life=2EPlease assure me that you w= ill = =3CBR=3Eact just as I have stated herein=2E = =3CBR=3EHope to hear from you soon and God bless you and = =3CBR=3Emembers of your family=2E =3CBR=3Eyou are to contact me with my most private email =3CBR=3Eaddress=3A=A0 = =3CBR=3Emrs=2Esandrawestley123=40hotmail=2Ecom =3CBR=3EThanks =3CBR=3EMrs Sandra Westley=3CBR=3E=3CBR=3E

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