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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: "Andrew Organ" <andreworgan004@msn.com>
Reply-To: andreworgan111@yahoo.co.uk
Date: Sun, 27 Nov 2005 03:26:13 +0000
Subject: DONATION

Dear Beloved in Christ
DONATION FOR MINISTRY AND GOD'S WORK.
May God be with you and richly bless you as you
read
this without prejudice. Amen!
I am ANDREW ORGAN from TOGO and a lawyer by
profession. To the Glory of
God, I was priviledged to be a close friend and
confidant to a late brother in Christ Rev.kingsley
olumide
who worked tirelessly both in his private life
and in the service of God in his lifetime before his
devine call. May his soul rest in perfect peace.
Amen!
In all my association with this late brother and
friend, this revelation, the object of this mail was
never made known to me because the late
Rev.kingsley olumide
lived a very disciplined life. He was wealthy before
he went into ministry and adequately provided for
his
family and also cared for people who were
opportuned
to come in close contact with him.
However, shortly before his call to eternal Glory, he
had summoned me to his sick bed and made me
promise to
carry out his last wishes as a trusted friend and
confidant. I promised without knowing what he was
about to say and also, at the time, I believed he
was
not going to die. Well, he told me he had some
money
which he intended to be used for charity,
ministry, evangelical work or otherwise when he
was
gone, but did not want his immediate family to
know
about for fear of subversion of his promise and
pledge
to God. Therefore you must keep this donation very
confidential.
He then prayed for me and blessed me trusting that
I
would not subvert his pledge to God. Before he
died,
he gave me information concerning the fund and
what I
was to do. With all due respect to him, I waited for
the completion of the burial rites and mourning
and
other sundry matters concerning him before
proceeding
to reach you.
I have prayed concerning this issue for God's
guidance
and if in your heart you geniunely desire to use
this
fund for the propagation of God's work in any form
wether for charity, ministry, evangelical work or
otherwise in relation to God's work, do get in touch
with me and let us pray together over this before
we
can make further arrangements. Please you may
reach me
on this email address, andreworgan111@yahoo.co.UK
God bless
you once again and as you receive, give God
all the Glory
You are blessed in Christ Jesus.
Yours in the Lord,

ANDREW ORGAN

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