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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: "Jean Brown" <jeanbrown544@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: jeanbrown_1960@yahoo.com.hk
Date: Sun, 15 Jan 2006 00:19:02 -0700
Subject: FOR HUMANITY

Dear Good friend,
I don,t really know who you are ,but peace be unto you as you read this
letter. My Instinct tells me that I can trust you by my proposition.I got
your contact through internet directory and My Instinct directed me to send
this money to you.
I am a widow and a devoted christian, my name is MRS JEAN BROWN from UNITED
KINGDOM. Since my husband died ,I have been suffering from arthritics and
lately doctors have diagonised me with terminal cancer which left me with
approximately twelve months to live.
I am currently on wheelchair and being looked after by a nurse and some of
my late husband`s relatives in turns.Before my husband died,he left some
money to the tone of USD$4,800,000,00(Four million ,eight hundred thousand
dollars)and he made me promised him that it should be used for humanitarian
work,because we have no children and he does n,t want his brothers to lay
hand on it,since they don’t believe in God, they have a different vision.
This money is currently in a vault with a finance company in EUROPE. If you
will promise me that you will use this money to achieve the wish of my
husband and me,then I will instruct the bank to release the content of the
vault in your name. for us to discuss so that you can go and claim this
money before i die.
May God bless you as you walk in the light and glory.
Thank you.
Yours in Vineyard
MRS JEAN BROWN

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