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		<title>A great new creative approach for a 419 scam</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[The scammers just keep getting more creative. Here is a 419 spam I recently received. Very clever.
 
I am Mrs.Ruth Madoff, wife of Bernard Madoff.
 
I am actually going through some kind of difficult time with my family right now, as my husband is at the Metropolitan Correctional Center, New York City.

My husband Sentencing is scheduled for [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p class="MsoPlainText" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: small; font-family: Consolas;">The scammers just keep getting more creative. Here is a 419 spam I recently received. Very clever.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoPlainText" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: small; font-family: Consolas;"><em>I am Mrs.Ruth Madoff, wife of Bernard Madoff.</em></span></p>
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<p class="MsoPlainText" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: small; font-family: Consolas;"><em>I am actually going through some kind of difficult time with my family right now, as my husband is at the Metropolitan Correctional Center, New York City.<br />
</em></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: small; font-family: Consolas;"><em>My husband Sentencing is scheduled for June 16, 2009 and he is likely to face a maximum sentence of 150 years in prison and $170 billion in restitution, so there is need for me to move out allot of my personal funds and personal belongings around the world , particularly<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">  </span>from outside America, but i need somebody to trust now, because i cannot receive funds here in America right now.</em></span></p>
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<p class="MsoPlainText" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: small; font-family: Consolas;"><em>I would need your help in acquiring some properties and keeping some large cash amount for me. but first i would<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">  </span>prefer to chat with you either on yahoo chat or Skype. if you are not comfortable with yahoo then write me,so we can communicate via email.</em></span></p>
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<p class="MsoPlainText" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: small; font-family: Consolas;"><em>This is very urgent, i would have to entrust a large amount of money into your hands and some personal valuables. But this would have to be very confidential, just between me and you, because the press are after me and my husband name all over the headlines, because of his Wall street business.</em></span></p>
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<p class="MsoPlainText" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: small; font-family: Consolas;"><em>Anyway! don&#8217;t be scared about the risk, it is a very safe deal i can assure you of your confidentiality.</em></span></p>
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<p class="MsoPlainText" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: small; font-family: Consolas;"><em>Yours Sincerely</em></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: small; font-family: Consolas;"><em>Mrs. Ruth Alpern Madoff</em></span></p>
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