419 scam: REBECCA HASAN <rebecca.hasan@virgilio.it> "MY GOOD WILL"

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"419" Scam – Advance Fee / Fake Lottery Scam

The so-called "419" scam is a type of fraud dominated by criminals from Nigeria and other countries in Africa. Victims of the scam are promised a large amount of money, such as a lottery prize, inheritance, money sitting in some bank account, etc.

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.

Keep in mind that scammers DO NOT use their real names when defrauding people.
The criminals either abuse names of real people or companies or invent names or addresses.
Any real people or companies mentioned below have NO CONNECTION to the scammers!

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:

This email uses a separate reply address that is different from the sender address. Spammers use this to get replies even when the original spam sending accounts have been shut down. Also, sometimes the sender addresses are legitimate looking but fake and only the reply address is actually an email account controlled by the scammers.
The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
- "million us dollars" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
- "00,000.00" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
This email message is a "dying widow" scam.

Fraud email example:

From: REBECCA HASAN <rebecca.hasan@virgilio.it>
Reply-To: rebecca.hasan1@yahoo.com
Date: Tue, 25 Apr 2006 10:15:21 +0100 (GMT+01:00)
Subject: "MY GOOD WILL"

"MY GOOD WILL"

Good day and God bless,

Greetings to you in the name
of God Almighty. I am former Mrs. Memunat Farouk Hasan, now I am Mrs.
Rebecca Farouk Hasan a widow to Late Farouk Hasan Muhammad.
I am an old
woman; suffering from cancer. From all indications, my condition is
really deteriorating and is quite obvious that I may not live long,
because the cancer stage has gotten to a very severe stage. My late
husband died in an air crash on the 31st October 1999 in an Egyptian
airline Boeing 990 with other passengers on board. You can confirm this
fact from the website which was aired by the BBC WORLD NEWS:(http:
//news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/502503.stm) and my only daughter
died in BOMB ATTACK LONDON.
My late husband was very wealthy and after
his death, I inherited all his business and wealth. My personal
physician told me that I may not live for so long and I am so scared
about this. So, I now decided to divide part of this wealth, by
contributing to the well being of less privileged people and
handicapped in the society of world America, Canada, Africa, Europe and
Asian Countries.
This mission, who will no doubt be tasking had made me
to recently relocate to Africa where I live presently. I selected you
for this Purpose and prayed over it, I am willing to donate the sum of
$7,300,000.00 Million US Dollars to you for the development of the well
being of handicapped in the society and also as aids for the less
privileged around your country, and i have map out $1,700.000.00 for
your own personal use to help me for this work.
Please note that, this
fund is lying in a Security Bank. Therefore immediate application for
the transfer of the money in your name or your home. Please, do not
reply me if you have the intention of using this fund for personal use,
than enhancement of the comfort of the Handicapped.
Lastly, I want
you/your home to be praying for me as regards my entire life and my
health because I have come to find out since my spiritual birth lately
that wealth acquisition without God one's life is vanity upon vanity.

I await your reply.
MRS REBECCA HASAN

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