419 scam: "MRS KATHRINE HILLS"<kathyhills11@hotmail.com> FROM MRS KATHRINE HILLS

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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:

An email address listed inside this email has been used in a known fraud before.
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:
- "a security company " (this will cost you money - be careful with upfront payments to anyone you only know through email, especially if they promise you a lot of money. NEVER send money by Western Union or MoneyGram to people you do not know personally - NO EXCEPTIONS! Instant wire transfer services are not meant to be used with strangers because they offer no protection against fraud. That is precisely why the criminals want you send money that way. )
- "million 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)
- "god fearing " (scammers in West Africa like to use religious phrases)
This email message is a "dying widow" scam.
This email lists free webmail addresses. Use of such addresses is typical for scams. Lotteries, banks and any but the smallest of companies do not normally use such addresses. Criminals use them to anonymously send and receive email at Internet cafes.
- kathyhills8@hotmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "MRS KATHRINE HILLS" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <kathyhills8@hotmail.com>
Date: Sat, 1 Jan 2011 01:44:07 +0100
Subject: FROM MRS KATHRINE HILLS

MY GOOD FRIEND IN CHRIST,

I am Mrs kathrine Hills from Netherlands,I am 58 years old,i am Deaf suffering from a long time cancer of the

breast,from all indication my conditions is really deteriorating and it is quite obvious that i can't work or do

any stressful thing, according to my doctors they have advised me that i may not live for the next four months,this

is because the cancer stage has gotten to a very bad stage. I was brought up from a motherless babies home, was

married to my late husband for twenty years without a child,My Husband (Roberto Hills) died in a fatal motor

accident, Before his death, we were true Christians.Since his death I decided not to re-marry,I sold all my

inherited belongings and deposited all the sum of $10.5million dollars with a security company in United States Of

America.Presently, this money is still with them in United States and the Board Of Directors Of the company just

wrote me as the true beneficiary to come forward to receive the money since the funds has stayed for a very long

time in their custody.

Presently, I'm with my laptop in a hospital in Frankfurt Germany where I have been undergoing treatment for my

sickness . I have since lost my ability to talk and my doctors have told me that I have less than 4 months to live.

It is my last wish to see that this money is invested/donated to any organisation/buisness of your choice and

distributed each year among the charity organization,E.g the poor homes,the motherless babies home where i came

from,the deaf homes,and churces etc .All i seek for is a God fearing person like you ,who will carry out my last

wishes and before i emailed you today i prayed and the holy spirit gave me the confidence to send you this email.I

took this decision before i rest in peace because my time will soon be up. As soon as I receive your reply I shall

give you the contact of the security company in the USA. All i need from you is a confidential assurance that the

funds when recieved by you will be used for the said purpose,Nowadays there are so much scams going on in the

internet and it is diffcult to trust but i dont know why the Holy spirit still approved me to email you about this

out of few email addresses i have from the internet,yours was the only one that was approved for me to contact.

PLEASE GET BACK TO ME ON THIS EMAIL ADDRESS .(kathyhills8@hotmail.com)

Waiting for your reply.

Yours in Christ,
Mrs. kathrine Hills

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