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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: "Janet Trent" <feleche14@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: feleche1@yahoo.it
Date: Thu, 15 Feb 2007 14:54:10 +0000
Subject: I CRAVE YOUR INDULGENCE TO READ THIS MAIL

Greetings to you in the most wonderful name of our Lord and SaviorJesus
Christ.

His richest blessings shall be upon you forever.I am Mrs Janet Trent,I
am 61 years old from Netherlands,I am deaf and suffering from a long time
cancer of the Lungs which also affectedmy brain,from allindication my
conditions is really deteriorating and it is quiteobvious that,according to
my
doctors they have advised me that i maynot live for the next two months,this
is
because the cancer stagehas gotten to avery 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 $20.5million 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 under
going 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 fewmonths to live.

It is my last wish to see that this money is invested to any organisation of
your choice and distributed eachyearamongthecharityorganization,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 willmprove
you
as the new beneficiary of my fund. Please assure me that you will act
accordingly as I stated herein.

I shall wait at your prayerful reply.

Yours in His Service,

Mrs Janet Trent

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