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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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Some comments by the Scam-O-Matic about the following email:

• This email message is a "dying widow" scam.

Fraud email example:

From: Maria Williams <williams573@msn.com>
Reply-To: <mariams087@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 21 May 2009 00:36:46 +0000
Subject: Good Day





Dear Beloved ,
It is by the grace of God that I received Christ,knowing the truth and the truth have set me free.Having known the truth I had no choice than to do what is lawful and right in the sight of God for eternal life and in the sight of man for witness of God mercy and glory upon my life.

I am Mrs Maria Williams.I am married to Dr.Jack Williams, who worked with Chevron/Texaco for TWENTY years before he died in the year 2005.We were married for TEN years without a child,He died during one of the riots in IRAN.He was held hostage and slain to death by protesting youths before his death we were both born again christians. Since his death I decided not to re-marry.When my late husband was alive he deposited the sum of ($3m)(Three Million US.Dollars)with (Edmond De Rothschild Vault and Security PLC.) in the LONDON and now the management of the bank have just wrote me to come forward to receive the money or rather issue a letter of authorisation to somebody to receive it on my behalf if I can not come over.

I am presently 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 and at the end of every year distributed among charity organisation.

For your compesation, as soon as the money enters your account or
delivered you take 25% of the total money, 5% for any expenses while 70% will be for the work of GOD. I took this decision because i know that there are alot of poor people suffering from different kind of disease and nobody to come to their aid.With God all things are possible. As soon as I receive your reply I shall give you the contact of (Edmond De Rothschild Vault and Security PLC.) were the money is been deposit .I will also issue you a letter of authority and certificate of claim that will prove you as the new beneficiary of this fund.

Please assure me that you will act accordingly as I stated here.

In the light of the above, you are therefore, to contact my personal
ATTORNEY,Richar DAVIDS and do send him your contact address where you want the money to be sent to you. This is his email address:Richaris01@msn.com
Mrs Maria Williams

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