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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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Fraud email example:

From: jesswilly@zipmail.com.br
Date: Tue, 16 Nov 2004 18:12:25 -0500
Subject: =?iso-8859-1?Q?PLEASE=20READ=2CI=20AM=20A=20WIDOW=2E?=

DEAR SIR/MADAM,

I AM WRITING TO SEEK YOUR WILLINGNESS AND KINDNESS TO ASSIST ME IN A LEGITIMATE
MULTI-MILLION DOLLAR TRANSFER.I IMPLORE YOU TO PLEASE GO THROUGH THIS AND
SYMPATHISE WITH ME.

I AM MRS.JESSICA WILLIAMS,WIFE OF LATE STEVE WILLIAMS,A NIGERIA/INTERNATIONAL
BUSINESSMAN WHO WAS MURDERED ON THE 6 DAY OF OCTOBER,2002,BY SOME UNKNOWN
GUNMEN.I AM SURVIVED WITH TWO CHILDREN(DAUGHTERS)TO THE GLORY OF GOD FOR
HIM,DUE TO OUR AFRICA LOW BELIEVE ALL HIS FABULOUS WEALTHS AND PROPERTIES
WHERE INHERITED BY HIS CLOSE RELATIVES,SIMPLY BECAUSE I DID NOT BEAR A MALE
CHILD FOR THEIR LATE BROTHER,NOW LEAVING ME AND MY TWO DAUGHTERS IN A REAL
DIFFICULT
SITUATION.

AS GOD WILL WANT THINGS EARLY THIS YEAR 2004,ONE OF HIS FAITHFUL LAWYERS
SECRETLY CAME TO ME WITH SOME DOCUMENTS COVERING MY LATE HUSBAND AS THE
BENEFICIARY OF SOME FUNDS AMOUNTING TO THE TUNE OF US$35.350,000.000,(THIRTY-FIVE
MILLION THREE HUNDRED AND FIFTY UNITED STATE DOLLARS)WHICH HE KEPT IN A
SECURITY COMPANY HERE IN NIGERIA.HE(THE LAWYER) PROMISED TO HELP ME MAKE
CHANGE OF OWNERSHIP TO A FORIEGN ACCOUNT AND TO TENDER ALL VALID/LEGAL DOCUMENTS
TO THE NEW BENEFICIARY TO ENABLE HIM/HER MAKE CLAIMS OF THE FUNDS.

PLEASE IF YOU ARE THE GOD SENT TO HELP ME AND MY DAUGHTERS FROM THIS HARDSHIP,I
WILL WANT YOU TO INDICATE YOUR WILLINGNESS TO HELP,SO THAT I REFER/ENTRUST
YOU TO THE LAWYER STRAIGHT.

I HAVE SET ASIDE 25% OF THE TOTAL SUM FOR YOUR ASSISTANCE AND KINDNESS,WHERE
YOU WILL ADVICE ME ON A PROFITABLE BUSINESS IN YOUR COUNTRY FOR MY DAUGHTERS
AS THEY ARE THE ONLY HOPE I HAVE
IN LIFE.

PLEASE HELP A WIDOW FOR THE MERCIFUL GOD WILL KEEP REWARDING YOU.I WILL
BE PLEASED IF MY REQUEST IS NOT IGNORED.

IF YOU ARE INTERESTED IN HELPING ME ,GIVE ME YOUR NAME AND FULL ADDRESS,PHONE/FAX,COUNTRY
OF ORIGIN AND AGE AND ALSO YOUR OCCUPATION.I NEED ALL THESE THINGS ALONG
WITH YOUR REPLY IN ORDER NOT TO DELAY.PLEASE REPLY TO THIS EMAIL ADDRESS
mrs_jesswilly@yahoo.co.uk

BEST REGARD,

MRS.JESSICA WILLIAMS





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