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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: "john morris" <gtmail_5@msn.com>
Reply-To: gtmary_b@myway.com
Date: Mon, 14 Nov 2005 22:55:25 +0000
Subject: Dear Beloved Friend

Dear Beloved Friend,

Let me first of all inform you, I got your email address from a mail
Directory and decided to mail you for a permission to go ahead.

I am Mrs. Mary Bill from Holland. I am married to Dr.Harry Bill a Kenya who
worked with a construction company in Asia for twenty Years before he died
in the tsunami disasters, we were married but without Any children.

Since his death I decided not to re-marry and presently I am 70 Years
old.When my late husband was Alive he deposited the sum of $9.5M. (Nine
Million Five Hundred Thousand U.S. Dollars) with a Security Company.

Presently this money is still with the Security Company and the management
just Wrote me as the beneficiary to come forward to receive the

money or rather Issue a letter of authorization to somebody to receive it on
my behalf if I cannot come over.I am presently in a hospital where
I have been undergoing treatment Cancer of the lungs in a hospital, I have
since lost my ability To talk and my doctors have told me that I have only a
few months to Live.
I want a person that is trustworthy that will utilize 90% of this money to
fund churches, orphanages and widows around the world but in my name
Mrs.Mary Bill

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 this fund.

Please assure me that you will act accordingly as I stated here in and Keep
this contact confidential till such a time this funds get to your Custody.
This is to ensure that nothing jeopardizes my last wish on Earth.


I await your urgent reply.

Regards,

Mother Mary Bill

God Bless YOU

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