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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: "Angela Viduka" <angieviduka70@hotmail.com>
Date: Mon, 16 Oct 2006 15:30:40 +0100
Subject: urgent response needed

Dear Beloved in Christ,

It is by the grace of God that I received Christ, knowing the truth and the
truth has set me free. Having known the truth, I had no choice than to do
what is lawful and right in the sight of God for eternal life and in the
sight of man for witness of God´s mercy and glory upon my life.

I am Mrs Angela viduka from Spain.I am married to Engr.Alex Viduka who
worked with Chevron/Texaco in London for twenty years before he died in the
year 2004.We were married for twenty-seven years without a child.He was held
hostage and slain to death by protesting youths of the region. Before his
death we were both born again christians. Since his death i decided not to
re-marry.When my late husband was alive he deposited 4.8 million dollars
with a bank in London. Presently, this money is still with the bank and the
management just wrote me as the beneficiary to come forward to receive the
money or rather issue a letter of authorisation to somebody to receive it on
my behalf if I can not come over.

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
hear well and my doctors have told me that I have only a few months to
live.It is my last wish to see that this money is invested and at the end of
every year distributed among charity organisation,churches and orphanage
home.I want a person that is God fearing that will use this money to fund
churches,orphanages and widows propagating the word of God and to ensure
that the WOrd of God is publicized(ROMANS 10:14-15). The Bible
made us to understand that Blessed is the hand that gives and will should
learn to give like our heavenly father(1 Timothy 6:17-18). I took this
decision because i know that there are alot of poor people suffering from
different kind of disease and nobody to come to their aid. With God all
things are possible.

If you know truthfully that you can do exactly what i wish to use this money
to do,Please write me
back with your full name,and phone number. I want somebody that will use
this fund for the
service of God and humanity.If you can honestly,do this that i request,I
will be glad to hand you over the said 4.8 million dollars. I hope to hear
from you.

Remain Blessed.

LADY ANGELA VIDUKA

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