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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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Some comments by the Scam-O-Matic about the following email:
Fraud email example:
From: "Mrs. Jennifer Woodward" <jennifer@jenniferwoodward5.orangehome.co.uk>
Date: Sat, 7 Oct 2006 03:24:32 +0200 (CEST)
Subject: A DYING WOMAN *** I HAVE WILLED ALL I HAVE TO YOU***
GOOD DAY TO YOU ,
GREETINGS IN THE NAME OF GOD,
My name is Mrs. Jennifer Woodward, 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 for about 2 years ago,immediately after the death of my husband, who has left me everything he worked for.I have been touched by God to donate from what I have inherited from my late husband to the you for the good work of God, rather 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 beleive He has because He is a merciful God. I will be going in for an operation in less than a month and I decided to WILL/donate the sum of $250,000 (Two Hundred and Fifty thousand United States 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.
At the moment I cannot take any telephone calls due to the fact that my relatives are around me and my health status.I have adjusted my WILL and my lawyer is aware I have changed my WILL. If you are a Godly person, please contact my lawyer and he will arrange the transfer of the funds from my account to your preffered account.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. Pls. Contact my lawyer, Barrister Brown Williams , with the specified email address-:
Emial; barrwilliamschamber@myway.com
Tel: +44-702-405-1953
Tel; +44-702-405-2076
Please ensure that you copy all your correspondence to the two email addresses above.Please tell him that I have WILLED ($250,000) to you.
Goodluck in all your future endeavours!
Thanks,
Mrs. Jennifer Woodward.
jenniferwoodward2011@myway.com
CC:barrwilliamschamber@myway.com
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