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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.
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:
Fraud email example:
From: "Rev St Maria Donald" <revstmariadonald@alliancenet.ro>
Date: Wed, 25 Jun 2008 16:24:04 +0300 (EEST)
Subject: [*****SPAM*****] FROM REV ST MARIA DONALD: YOUR SUPPORT IS NEEDED
Spam detection software, running on the system "alliancenet.alliancenet",=
has
identified this incoming email as possible spam. The original message
has been attached to this so you can view it (if it isn't spam) or label
similar future email. If you have any questions, see
the administrator of that system for details.
Content preview: Dear Friend I am Rev Sister Maria Donald (Franciscan Co=
nvent
Residential Home) in the United Kingdom. Before the Death of his Grace=
Pope
John Paul the II (2 April, 2005) , he deposited some money with me to =
give
to charity. Before his death ,i made adequate preparations to effect t=
he
transfer of this funds to various orphange homes and less priviledge ho=
mes
around the world. But due to his untimely death he did not the effect =
the
complete transfer of this funds to us. Before his death, he wanted us =
to
use the money to preach the gospel and also help women and children aro=
und
the world. But because of his death, this cannot be done and his great=
legacy
will be terminated. All i ask is for your help to assist us with the t=
ransfer
fee of $2000 from the Bank Account to us . The amount he deposited was=
$34,000,000
(thirty four million US dollars) and this is a huge sum of money and i=
f left
unclaimed after four to five years, the funds will be stored in the te=
asury
of the UK government. We have one to two to go, not claiming this fund=
s will
be an unwise thing to do. i would have handled the transfer fee myself=
, but
we are voluntary workers of God and are not paid, but given little cas=
h from
time to time. As soon as the transfer fee is received by us from you, =
we
will effect the transfer of $3,400,000 (three million, four hundred tho=
usand
US Dollars) to you for your assistance. While the rest will be given t=
o charity
as planned. We wish to give you 10% of the total money beacuse of the =
assistance
you will grant us. [...]=20
Content analysis details: (8.3 points, 5.0 required)
pts rule name description
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-1.8 ALL_TRUSTED Passed through trusted hosts only via SMTP
2.1 SUBJ_ALL_CAPS Subject is all capitals
0.6 US_DOLLARS_3 BODY: Mentions millions of $ ($NN,NNN,NNN.NN)
0.7 SARE_MONEYTERMS BODY: Talks about money in some way.
2.7 DEAR_FRIEND BODY: Dear Friend? That's not very dear!
1.3 NA_DOLLARS BODY: Talks about a million North American do=
llars
0.0 BAYES_50 BODY: Bayesian spam probability is 40 to 60%
[score: 0.5000]
1.2 ADVANCE_FEE_2 Appears to be advance fee fraud (Nigerian 419=
)
1.4 ADVANCE_FEE_3 Appears to be advance fee fraud (Nigerian 419=
)
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