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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:

• An email address listed inside this email has been used in a known fraud before.
• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "million pounds" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
  • ",000,000" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
  • "00,000.00" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
  • "barrister" (Barristers (lawyers) mentioned in 419 scams are always fake.)
  • "remain blessed" (scammers in West Africa like to use religious phrases)
• This email message is a "dying widow" scam.
• Barristers (lawyers) mentioned in 419 scams are always fake.
• This email lists mobile phone numbers. Use of such numbers is typical for scams because they allow criminals to conceal their true location. They can receive calls in an Internet cafe from where they send you emails, while pretending to be in some office.
  • +2348029235106 (Nigeria, prepaid mobile phone)
• 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.
  • djameslawfirm@uk2.net (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: CRAWFORD CHARITY FOUNDATION <info@ccf.org>
Reply-To: ladyhelencrawford@uk2.net
Date: 12 May 2008 20:08:12 +0000
Subject: My Wish

Content-Type: text/plain

Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit




Lady Helen Crawford.

38 Old Church Street,

Manchester, England.



Here writes Lady Helen Crawford, suffering from cancerous ailment. I

was

married to Sir William Crawford an English man (Deceased), who died

after a

protracted illness. When my husband was alive, he was into private

practice

all his life. Our life together as husband and wife lasted for about

three

decades without a child. My late husband and I made a vow to uplift the

down-trodden and the less-privileged individuals in the society, as we

both

had passion for those people who can not help themselves due to

physical

disability or financial predicament. I can adduce this to the fact that

we

both needed a Child from this relationship, which never came.



When my late husband was alive he deposited the sum of Twenty Five

Million

Pounds Sterling(25,000,000.00 GBP) which were derived from his vast

estates

and investment in capital market with his bank here in UK(all records

are kept

with my family lawyer). Presently, the money is still with the Bank.

Recently,

my Doctor told me that, I have limited days to live, due to the

cancerous

problems that i have been suffering from. Though what bothers me most

is the

stroke that I have in addition with the cancer. Hence, With this hard

reality

that has befallen my family and me, I have decided to donate this fund

to you

and i want you to use this gift which comes from my Late husbands

effort to

establish a charity home called "Crawford Charity Foundation" for the

upkeep

of the down-trodden and persons who prove to be genuinely handicapped

financially.



I took this decision because I do not have any child that will inherit

this

money and my late husband relatives are bourgeois and very wealthy

persons and

I do not want my husband hard earned money to be misused or invested

into ill

perceived ventures. Hence the reason for taking this bold decision. I

do not

need any telephone communication in this regard due to my deteriorating

health

and also because of the presence of my husband relatives around me. I

do not

want them to know about this development, that is why I cannot give

this fund

to anybody here in England, because my Husband relatives are people who

are

highly placed here in England, and will do very thing possible to

frustrate

all attempts within this country. Moreso they do not know about this

Twenty

Five Million Pounds sterling deposit that my late husband made with his

bank.

Presently, this deposit is only known by me, my family lawyer and now

you.



So, i want you to Contact my family lawyer Barrister James Debens (ESQ)

with

this specified email addresse:djameslawfirm@uk2.net or call him on +234-80-29235106

and Tell

him that I have WILLED the £25,000,000 to you by quoting my personal

reference

number Law/chamber/solicitors/rt/osb/WILL/9834520012, as I have also

notified

him that I will be WILLING that amount to you for a specific purpose

and good

work.



Please, assure me that you will act just as I have stated herein. as i

Hope to

hear from you soon that you have contacted my family lawyer with the

email

address that i have given to you above, as he is presently waiting to

receive

your reply.



Remain blessed your Sister,

Lady Helen Crawford

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