The e-mail here is just one type of the thousands of scam e-mail variants sent out each day by 419 scammers. If you've received an e-mail even remotely similar to the one on this page or if you have arrived at this page via an internet search resulting from an e-mail that you received, YOU HAVE RECEIVED A SCAM E-MAIL!

This is an internet scam! Do NOT send these scammers money for any reason. [ BEGIN SCAM E-MAIL ]   From: Mrs Helena Williams <info@yahoo.com> Subject: To: Date: Saturday, November 29, 2008, 7:10 AM Dear Beloved, Here writes Mrs Helena Williams wife of late Sir Williams,suffering from cancerous ailment without a child. My late husband deposited the sum of 20 million Pounds (20,000,000.00 Million Great Britain Pounds Sterling) derived from his vast estates and investment in capital market with his bank here in UK. Recently, my doctor told me that I have limited days to live due to the cancerous problems I am suffering from. With this hard reality that has befallen my family, and me I have decided to donate   this fund to you and want you to help me use this gift which comes from my husbands effort to fund the upkeep of widows,orphans,and needy financially. I have decided to donate this fund to you, I do hope you would be able to utilize this money for the said purpose just as I’m going to instruct herein. I want you to utilize the funds by creating a charity foundation called HELENA WILLIAMS FOUNDATION to assist widows and help accident victims worldwide. this deposit is known by me, our family lawyer and now you.Contact our family lawyer with this specified email address Barrister Daniel Lucero (ESQ)  Email:barristedaniellucero2@yahoo.com.hk      Tell him that I have WILLED £20,000,000 to you by quoting my personal reference number Law/chamber/solicitors/HEN/WILL/9834520012 and I have also notified him that I am WILLING that amount to you for a specific and good work. Remain  blessed. Your Sister, Mrs Helena Williams   [ END SCAM E-MAIL ]

It's important to note that any real people or legitimate organizations mentioned in these scam e-mails have absolutely no connection with this scam! The scammers never use their real names. They frequently take on the identity of real people to help them convince you that they are genuine.

This is just a small sampling of the many hundreds of advance fee fraud e-mails received each day here at 419 BAITER headquarters. It is 100% pure B.S. Purity Guaranteed!

There are many different types of 419 scam (examples) but they all promise you something (fortune, job with salary / commision, low-interest loan, lottery prize, cheap gold dust / diamonds, work visa, etc.) in return for a small 'fee' or some kind of remittance. Of course, there is no fortune, no job, no loan, no prize to be had. It's just a ploy to get you to willingly send them money.

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