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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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• It lists free email accounts as contact addresses (companies do not use such addresses)
  

Fraud email example:

From: "HANNAH WILLIAMS" <info@thelifefamily.com>
Date: Fri, 16 Sep 2005 18:42:53 +0000
Subject: MY LAST WISH

MY BLESSINGS,

My name is Mrs. Hannah Jack Williams I am a dying woman
who have decided to donate what I have to you/ church.
I am 59 years old and I was diagnosed for cancer about
2 years ago, immediately after the death of my husband,
who had left me everything he worked for. I have been touched
by God to donate from what I have inherited from my late
husband to you for the good work of God than allow
my relatives to use my husband hard earned funds ungodly.

Please pray that the good Lord forgive me my sins. I have asked God
to forgive me and I believe he has because He is a merciful God.
I will be going in for an operation tomorrow morning.
I decided to WILL/donate the sum of $3,500,000(Three million five
hundred thousand dollars) to you for the good work of the lord, and
also to help the motherless and less privilege and also for the assistance
of the widows according to (JAMES 1:27).

At the moment I cannot take any telephone calls right now due to the
fact that my relatives are around me and my health
status. I have adjusted my WILL and my Executor is aware I have changed
my will, you and him will arrange the transfer of the funds from the
Private Finance company to your humble self.

I wish you all the best and may the good Lord bless you abundantly, and
please use the funds well and always extend the good work to others.

Contact my Executor Edward Hayes with this specified Email: e_hayes@myway.com

with your full names contact telephone/fax
number and your full address and tell him that I have WILLED
($3,500,000.00) to you and I have also notified him that I am WILL-IN that amount
to you for a specific and good work. Thanks and God bless.

NB: I will appreciate your utmost confidentiality in this matter until
the task is accomplished as I don't want anything that will Jeopardize
my last wish. And Also I will be contacting with you by email as I
don't want my relation or anybody to know because they are always
around me.
Regards,

Mrs. Hannah Jack Williams

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