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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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• This email message is a "dying widow" scam.

Fraud email example:

From: "Dan Yusuf" <danyusuf_01@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: joy2_2k1@yahoo.com
Date: Thu, 20 Oct 2005 08:38:31 +0000
Subject: HELLO DEAR

Greetings in the name of God.

I am Mrs. JOY BLESS from Netherlands,I am 58 years old,i am deaf and
suffering from a long time cancer of the breast which also affected my
brain,from all indication my conditions is really deteriorating and it is
quite obvious that, according to my doctors they have advised me that i may
not live for the next two months,this is Bbecause the cancer stage has
gotten to a very bad stage. I was brought up from a motherless babies home
was married to my late husband for twenty years without a child ,died in a
fatal
motor accidentBefore his death we were true Christians. Since his death I
decided not to re-marry,I sold all my inherited belongings and deposited all
the sum of $8.5million dollars with a Security Company.Presently, this
money is still with them and the management just wrote me as the true owner
to come forward to receive the money for keeping it so long or rather issue
a letter of authorization to somebody to receive it on my behalf since I can
not come over because of my illness or they get it confisticated. Presently,
I'm with my laptop in a hospital where I have been undergoing treatment for
cancer of the lungs.I have since lost my ability to talk and my doctors
havetold me that I have only a few months to live.
It is my last wish to see that this money is invested to any organisation of
your choice and distributed each year among the charit organization,the
poorand the motherless babies home where i come from.I want you God fearing,
to also use this money to fund churches, orphanages and widows.

I took this decision, before i rest in peace because my time will soon be
up. As soon as I receive your reply I shall give you the contact of the
Security Company.I will also issue you a letter of authority that will prove
you as the new beneficiary of my fund. Please assure me that you will act
accordingly as I stated herein. Hoping to hearing from you soon.Waiting for
your reply

Yours in Christ,
Mrs JOY BLESS.

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