419 scam: "Mrs. Lisa Milner"<kris.withouck@vitalo-tez.com> I lost my entire family on a plane crash

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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 united states 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)
- ",000,000" (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)
- "remain blessed" (scammers in West Africa like to use religious phrases)
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
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.
- sebastiansarmand@yahoo.co.jp (Yahoo, Japan; can be used from anywhere worldwide)

Fraud email example:

From: "Mrs. Lisa Milner" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <sebastiansarmand@yahoo.co.jp>
Date: Thu, 10 Oct 2019 00:34:48 -0700
Subject: I lost my entire family on a plane crash

Mrs Lisa Milner
Co-Founder Weigold & Bohm Oil Retired
Thunefeldstrasse 5. D-82299 Turkenfeld
Germany

Hello

I am Mrs. Lisa Milner, 61yrs old from Munchengladbach Germany and I am diagnosed of Chronic Myelogenous Leukemia (CML) and my Doctor told me that my Life is now short-lived due to the damage the cancer has done to me. I am presently in Luxembourg receiving treatment in a private hospital. Am contacting you to entrust my fixed deposit income values ??(FIFTEEN MILLION UNITED STATES DOLLARS ONLY) (US $ 15,000,000.00) with a financial institution abroad to you, so that through you this fund can be made available to reputable charity organizations around the world. I lost my entire family on a plane crash while flying to New York for a cruise. Now the world does not mean much to me.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/859479.stm

However, this fund must be used to make a positive impact around the world. Please do disburse through donations to charity organizations providing relief and emergency services to victims of cancer, homeless children and orphanage homes.

Finally, I want you to contact my servant with this information below:

Servant Sebastian Harmand
Address: Kurfbrstendamm 92, Greifswald, Germany.
Email: sebastiansarmand@yahoo.co.jp

He will direct you to a well known lawyer that I have appointed to him; the lawyer will assist you to change the documents of the money to your name to enable the bank transfer the money to you.

This is the favour I need when you have gotten the money :-

(1) Give 25% of the money to my servant Sebastian Harmand as he has been there for me through my illness and I have promised to support him in life.

(2) Give 40% of the money to handicap people and charity organization, then the remaining 35% is yours.

If I don't hear from you, I will look for another person. Please do not forget to contact Sebastian Harmand May Almighty God bless you and use you to accomplish my wish.

Pray for me always.
Mrs Lisa Milner

Thank you and remain blessed.

Yours Sincerely

Mrs. Lisa Milner.
Thunefeldstrasse 5. D-82299 Turkenfel

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