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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:
  • "dear friend" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "my names are " (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
• 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.
  • evelynsanchez68@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Mrs Evelyn Sanchez" <evelynsanchez50@gazeta.pl>
Reply-To: evelynsanchez68@yahoo.com
Date: Thu, 19 Jun 2008 03:41:17 -0700
Subject: Dear Friend,Please Make Out Time To Read This.


Dear Friend,


I know this letter will definitely come as a surprise to you but I hope as
you read on, you will come to understand.


I have decided- after about four and a half month of thinking about the
whole issue- to seek your help in carrying out my last wishes. I don't
really know you but I have prayed, thought about it and moreover I have no
choice now and for another reason I prefer not to disclose. My names are
Mrs. Evelyn Sanchez. I am 67 years old and was born and grew up in Malaga,
Spain. I and my late husband had a daughter, but as God would have it.

She passed on. Before this happened, my business and concern for making
money was all I lived for. I never really cared about other values in life.
But since the loss of my family, I have found a new desire to assist
helpless families. I have been helping orphans in orphanages/motherless
babies' homes, especially in Africa. I have also donated some funds for
humanitarian aid and rehabilitation of prostitutes in Rio de Janeiro,
Brazil, when I was healthier.


I know by now you might be wondering why this entire long letter. Presently,
I am hospitalized having been diagnosed with terminal cancer of the lungs. I
can no longer talk and I am just able to use the laptop. I am not afraid of
death any longer though.


Like I told you earlier, my husbands business and mine really thrived when I
was healthy and He alive. We really worked hard for the sake of our
daughter. As my health deterioted, my extended family members swooped down
on everything my husband and I worked hard to earn. Seeing that there are no
offspring(s) to inherit it coupled with the fact that I am dying. They never
really liked me anyway but my husband stood by me all those years.


This is my plea; I made most of my money through exporting vintage wines to
African countries like South Africa, Benin Republic and Nigeria. A wholesale
company that owed me at Cross River State, Nigeria sent me an email 2 days
ago. The have paid their debt to me totaling One Million Three Hundred and
Twenty Thousand USA dollars into my account over there.


I don't have need for this money anymore. I made money out of Africa and now
that I am dying, I want to give back to them. If you agree to this noble
cause as I pray you will. I will give you the contact of the bank over
there.


All I need from you is to assure me as follows:


1. That you will get in contact with the bank as soon as we agree.


2. That as soon as I am able to furnish you with all necessary details you
will do all within your means to get the fund even in the event of my
demise.


2. That you will help me to distribute 25% of this fund to
Orphanages/motherless babies homes and viable Non-Governmental Organizations
engaged in the eradication of poverty among African children, and 20% in the
same kind of organizations in other parts of the globe.


3. Use 5% of the fund to reimburse yourself of any exigencies you might
incur in the process of receiving and distributing the fund.


4. The balance of 50% is for you.

I am really sorry for any in convenience this letter might have caused you.
I pray my terms are okay by you? If so, get back to me so I can direct you
on what next to do.


Email Address: evelynsanchez68@yahoo.com

God Bless You,
Evelyn Sanchez.

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