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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: "Mother Flora Angel Wokomah," <florangel_wokomah@Z6.COM> (may be fake)
Reply-To: florangel_wokomah@CODEHOT.CO.UK
Date: Sat, 13 Aug 2005 05:53:01 -0700
Subject: I Need Your Reply Urgent My Dear!!!

NAME:MOTHER FLORA ANGEL WOKOMAH
FROM :562/HR/ ROTTERDAM NETHERLAND
EMAIL:florangel_wokomah@CODEHOT.CO.UK
SUBJECT: BE IN ABOUNDANT BLESSING

GOD BLESS YOU.
MY DEAR I CHOSE YOU TO DO GOD OFFER,NOT MY,BUT REMAINED YOU THAT GOD
ARE USEING ME AS A POINT OF CONTACT TOWARD YOUR ASSISTANT.
I AM MOTHER FLORA ANGEL WOKOMAH FROM ROTTERDAM NATHERLAND A WIDOW TO
LATE PATRICK WOKOMAH I AM 61 YEARS OLD, I AM A REALL CHRISTAIN CONVERT,
SUFFERING FROM LONG TIME CANCER OF THE BREAST,IN ALL INDICATION MY
CONDITIONS IS REALLY DETERIORATING AND IT IS QUITE OBVIOUS THAT I
WOUDIN,T LIVE MORE THAN THREE MONTHS, ACCORDING TO MY DOCTORS,AND ALL
INDICATION REGARDS TO MEDICAL ANALYSIS, THIS IS BECAUSE THE CANCER
STAGE HAS GOTTEN TO A VERY BAD STAGE THAT NO HOPE FOR ME TO BE A LIVING
PERSON AGAIN,

MY LATE HUSBAND KILLED DURING THE U.S. RAID AGAINST TERRORISM IN
AFGHANISTAN, AND DURING THE PERIOD OF OUR MARRIAGE WE COULD NOT PRODUCE
ANY CHILD.MY LATE HUSBAND WAS VERY WEALTHY AND AFTER HIS DEATH, I
INHERITED ALL HIS BUSINESS AND WEALTH. THE DOCTORS HAS ADVISED ME THAT
I MAY NOT LIVE FOR MORE THAN SIX MONTHS, SO I NOW DECIDED TO DIVIDE THE
PART OF MY WEALTH, TO CONTRIBUTE TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE CHURCH IN
AFRICA, AMERICA ASIA AND EUROPE ESPECAILLY CREATE SOLUTION TO PROBLEM
OF LESS PREVILLAGED ONES AND ALPHANAGE HOMES.
MY DEAR,I SELECTED YOU AFTER VISITING THE WEBSITE I PRAYED AND FAST FOR
THREE WEEKS OVER IT WITH ADVISE OF MY GOD, I AM WILLING TO DONATE
THE SUM OF $18.3000.000.00 U.S DOLLARS, TO THE LESS PRIVILEGED ONCE.
PLEASE I WANT YOU TO NOTE THAT MY FUND IS LYING IN SECURITY COMPANY
DUBAI U.A.E AND UPON MY INSTRUCTION,

AS SOON AS YOU REPLY THIS MAIL BACK I WILL GIVE YOU THE CONTACT OF LAWYER WHO
WILL FILE IN AN APPLICATIONFOR THE TRANSFER OF THE MONEY IN YOUR NAME
LASTLY,I HONESTLY PRAY THAT THIS MONEY WHEN TRANSFERRED WILL BE USED
FOR THE SAID PURPOSE EVEN THOUHG IM LATE THEN, BECAUSE I HAVE COME TO
FIND OUT THAT WEALTH ACQUISITION WITHOUT CHRIST IS VANITY AND I MADE
THE PROMISE TO GOD THAT THE FUND WILL BE USE TO BUILD HIS TEMPLE. MAY
THE GRACE OF OUR LORD JESUS THE LOVE OF GOD AND THE FELLOWSHIP OF GOD
BE WITH YOU AND YOUR FAMILY IN JESUS NAME I PRAYED AMEN. I AWAIT URGENT
ASSISTANT.
REMAIN BLESS AND LIVE LONG.
MOTHER FLORA ANGEL WOKOMAH
MOTHER OF THE CHILDREN

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