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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: "Rose Mkama" <ro_semka_ma22@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: ro_semka_ma@hotmail.com
Date: Fri, 26 Jan 2007 16:39:08 +0100
Subject: PLEASE I NEED YOUR HELP.

Dear,sir/madam

I am Mrs.Rose Mkama from Benin. I was married to Late King Mkama the CEO
Veekrol Link Benin Sarl, a seasoned contractor in Benin Republic and West
African Sub-Regions generally.

Before my late husband's death four years ago, we were married for eleven
years without a child. He died after a brief illness. After his death I
decided not to re-marry or get a child outside my matrimonial home.

When my late husband was alive, he deposited the sum of $29 Million
(Twenty-Nine Million U.S. Dollars) in a Security and Finance Company based
in Accra Ghana. His reason for that as he told me was not to raise eyebrow
if he should go to the bank.

My Doctor told me that I would not last for the next three months due to
cancer problem. Having known my condition I decided to donate these funds to
better the lives of the less privileged.

Hence, I will need an honest and trust worthy individual that will utilize
this money in accordance with my instruction. I want it to be used in
funding Religious organizations, orphanages and less privileged and for
propagating the word of God. I took this decision because I don't have any
child that will inherit this money and my husband relatives are very dubious
and unkind to me and I don't want my husband's hard earned money to be
misused.

I am not afraid of death because I know I will make peaceful eternal rest. I
know that I am going to be in the bosom of the Lord. Exodus 14 VS 14 says
that the lord will fight my course and I shall hold my peace. I speak good
English in case you want a telephone communication in this regard.

As soon as I receive your reply I shall give you the contact of the Security
Company and that of our lawyer because he knows all about this transaction.

For legitimacy, I will also issue you a letter of authority that will
empower you as the original- beneficiary of this fund. I want you to always
pray for me, any delay in your reply will give me room in sourcing for
another individual for this same purpose. If you are in for this Kindly
reply this mail.

Yours sincerely,
Mrs. Rose Mkama

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