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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: (sent from abused email account)
Reply-To: e_lizabethrich@sify.com
Date: Thu, 20 Nov 2008 00:58:03 -0800 (PST)
Subject: FOR HUMANITY SAKE


¡Tengo nueva dirección de correo!Ahora puedes escribirme a:elizabeth.rich72@yahoo.com.co



- Dear BelovedFirst, I must apologize to youfor using this medium to communicate to you about this project I am theabove named person from Cardiff, Wales. I was married to Mr. Ronald Richwho worked with the British embassy in Kuwait for nine years before hedied in March, 2007.We were married for eleven years without a child. Hedied after a brief illness that lasted for only four days. When my latehusband was alive he deposited the sum of $8.5Million (Eight Millionfive hundred thousand U.S. Dollars) in cash with a bank in London.Presently, this money is still with the bank, my doctor told me thatI would not last for the next three weeks due to cancer problem. Thoughwhat disturbs me most is my stroke. Having known my condition I decidedto donate this fund to cancer research centers I am therefore lookingfor anyindividual that will utilize this money the way I am going toinstruct. The person must also donate to orphanages, Research centersand widows

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