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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.
Read more about such scams here or in our 419 FAQ. Use the Scam-O-Matic to verify suspect emails.
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Some comments by the Scam-O-Matic about the following email:
Fraud email example:
From: "Mrs Olga Hoffmann" <olgahoffmann1@alice-dsl.de>
Reply-To: olgahoffmann1@mail.md
Date: Mon, 11 Aug 2008 04:27:17 -0700
Subject: Dear Friend
Dear Friend,
My name is Mrs. Olga Hoffmann I am a dying woman who has
decided to donate what I have to charity through you.
You may be wondering why I chose you. But someone has to be
chosen. I am 59 years old and was diagnosed for cancer about 2
years ago, after the death of my husband who had left me everything
he worked for. I have been touched by the Lord to donate from what
I have inherited from my late husband to charity through you for the
good work of humanity, rather than allow my relatives to use my
husband hard earned funds inappropriately.
I have asked the Lord to forgive me all my sins and I believe he
has, because He is merciful. I will be going in for an operation,
and I pray that I survive the operation. I have decided to
WILL/Donate the sum of $15milliom (Fifteen Million Dollars) to
charity through you for the good work of the Lord, and to help
the motherless, less privileged and also for the assistance of the
widows. At the moment I cannot take any telephone calls, due to
the fact that my relatives are around me and I have been restricted
by my doctor from taking telephone calls because I deserve all
the rest I can get.
Presently, I have informed my consultant about my decision in
WILLING this fund to charity through you. I wish you all the best and
may the good Lord bless you abundantly, and please use the funds
well and always extend the good work to others. If you are interested
in carrying out this task, I will inform my consultant, so that he can
arrange the release of the funds to you. I know I have never met you
but my mind tells me to do this, and I hope you act sincerely. I
decided that 35% of this money should be taken by you from the
total sum upon the success release of this fund, because I am now
too weak and fragile to do things myself because of my cancer.
NB:I sincerely know that a lot has been written about some SCAM
coming out of the world, but I assure you that this will never in any
way associated with that as you will be given the right to verify
this directly with the finance company where the fund was
deposited.
I will appreciate your utmost confidentiality in this matter until
the task is accomplished, as I don not want anything that will
jeopardize my last wish, due to the fact that I do not want
relatives or family members standing in the way of my last wish.
Yours sincerely,
Mrs Olga Hoffmann
PLEASE INCLUDE YOUR FULL NAME, ADDRESS, TELEPHONE/FAX NUMBER
ON YOUR REPLY FOR EASY AND IMMEDIATE COMMUNICATION WITH MY
CONSULTANT
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