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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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Fraud email example:

From: "FLORA Edwards"<flowards@hotmail.co.uk>
Date: Sat, 26 Sep 2009 12:11:07 +0100
Subject: Get in touch!

Dear Friend,

My name is Flora Edwards I have decided to WILL what I have to you, I am 79 years old and I was diagnosed for cancer a few years ago, immediately after the death of my late husband Gregory, Who had WILLED everything he worked for to me and now, All I have inherited from my late Husband I am willing half to you for the good work of God, rather than allow My relatives to use all my husband hard earned funds selfishly.


I will be going in for an operation today and I have included your name in my WILL for the sum of $4,500.000( Four million,five Hundred thousand dollars) to you for the good work of the lord, and also to help the less privilege.


I cannot take any telephone calls right now due to my health status. I have adjusted my WILL and my Executor is aware, you and him will arrange the transfer of the funds from my bonded account to you.


Contact my Executor Mark Turner QC with this specified email; matur.qc@msn.com with your full names and tell him that I have WILLED ($4,500.000.00) to you that we have been friend for some years before now as I rightly introduced you to him.


NB: I will appreciate your utmost confidentiality in this matter until this task is accomplished, as I don't want anything that will jeopardize my last wish. I don’t want my husband’s relatives or anybody to know because they are always around me.


Regards,
Flora Edwards.

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