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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: "Evang Faith Thomas" <evang_faith_thomas01@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: evangfaith_thomas@excite.com
Date: Mon, 16 Oct 2006 19:42:54 +0000
Subject: I CRAVE YOUR INDULGENCE TO READ THIS MAIL

I CRAVE YOUR INDULGENCE TO READ THIS MAIL

Greetings in the name of God,Pls let this not sound strange to you .i prayed
and got you email id from your COUNTRY CHAMBERS OF COMMERCE which i have
been with my late husband and liked to visit once more if God will in his
infinite mercies.
I am Mrs faith thomas,I am 61 years old,i am deaf and suffering from a long
time cancer of the lungs which also affected my brain,from all indication my
conditions is really deteriorating and it is quite obvious that, according
to my doctors they have advised me that i may not live for the next two
months,this is because the cancer stage has gotten to a very bad stage.

I was brought up from a motherless babies home, was married to my late
husband for twenty years without a child.My husband died in a fatal motor
accident.Before his death we were true Christians. Since his death I decided
not to re-marry,I sold all my inherited belongings and deposited all the sum
of $8 million dollars with a Security Company.Presently, this money is still
with them and the management just wrote me as the true owner to come forward
to receive the money for keeping it so long or rather issue a letter of
authorization to somebody to receive it on my behalf since I can not come
over because of my illness or they get it confisticated.

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
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 to any organisation of your choice
and distributed each year among the charity organization,the poor and the
motherless babies home where i come from.I want you God fearing, to also use
this money to fund churches, orphanages and widows.

I took this decision, before i rest in peace because my time will soon be
up. 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 my fund. Please assure me that you will act
accordingly as I stated herein. Hoping to hearing from you soon.
Yours in Christ,
Mrs faith thomas

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