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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: MOTHER JANE COLE <motherjane1_20@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: <motherjane1956@myway.com>
Date: Fri, 5 Oct 2007 22:51:47 +0000
Subject: GOD BLESS YOU.



I am mother Jane Cole a widow to late Patrick Cole, I’m 61 years old, I am a new Christian convert, suffering from long time cancer of the breast, with all indications my condition is really deteriorating and it is quite obvious that I would not live more than three months, according to my doctors and in all indication regards to medical analysis, this is because the cancer stage has gotten to a very bad stage that no hope for me to be a living person again. Some unknown persons murdered my late husband, and during the period of our marriage we could not produce any child. My late husband was very wealthy and after his death, I inherited all his business and wealth. The doctors has advised me that I may not live for more than three months, so I now decided to give out this wealth, to contribute to the development of charity which includes the less privileges and the motherless children anywhere in the world. I selected you after I prayed and fast for three weeks over, I am willing to donate the sum of $6.5m U. S dollars, to the less privileged. Please I want you to note that fund is somewhere and upon my instruction, my attorney will be your guide. Lastly, I honestly pray that this money when transferred will be used for the said purpose even though I am late then, because I have come to find out that wealth acquisition without Christ is vanity and I made the promise to God that the fund will be use to build his temple. May the grace of our lord Jesus the love of God and the fellowship of God be with you and your family.All correspondence must be by strictly by email due to the condition of my health. I await urgent reply. God bless you.
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