419 scam: "Mrs. Cecilia Johnson" <advert@loans.iservicesmail.com> CAN I DEPOSIT 20,000,000.00 IN YOUR ACCOUNT?

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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 pounds" (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 "dying widow" scam.

Fraud email example:

From: "Mrs. Cecilia Johnson" <advert@loans.iservicesmail.com>
Reply-To: cj-loan@mail.mn
Date: Sun, 23 May 2010 00:32:37 +0200
Subject: CAN I DEPOSIT 20,000,000.00 IN YOUR ACCOUNT?

Beloved,

Please kindly accept my apology for sending you this email without your consent.
I
believe you are a highly respected personality, considering the fact that I
sourced
your profile from the peoples search database on the web during my descript
search for a partner whom can assist me in taking bringing the dreams of my late
husband come through. I am Mrs. Kristine Wimbledon, suffering from cancerous
ailment. I was married to Sir Wimbledon G .an English shipping tycoon notable
for
his great charitable activities before his death in April 2nd, 2006. When my
late
husband was alive he deposited the sum of Twenty Million Pounds Sterling
(20,000,000.00 GBP) which were derived from his vast estates and investment in
capital market with his bank here in UK and named me as the beneficiary of this
trust fund. (All records are kept with my family lawyer).Presently, this money
is
still with the Bank. My Doctor told me recently, that I have limited days to
live due
to the cancerous problems that I have been suffering from. Though what bothers
me most is the stroke that I have in addition with the cancer. With this hard
reality
that has befallen me, I have decided to donate this fund to you and i want you
to
use this gift which comes from my Late husbands effort to establish a charity
home for the upkeep of widows, widowers, orphans, destitute, the down-trodden,
physically challenged children, barren-women and persons who prove to be
genuinely handicapped financially. I took this decision because I do not have
any
child that will inherit this money and my husband relatives are bourgeois and
very wealthy persons and I do not want my husband hard earned money to be
misused or invested into ill perceived ventures, which is the reason I took
this
bold decision. I do not need any telephone communication in this regard due to
my
deteriorating health and because of the presence of my husband relatives around
me. You can contact me through my personal email address:
mrskristinewimb04@live.com

Please assure me that you will act just as I have stated herein.
Hope to hear from you soon.

Remain Blessed,
Mrs. Kristine Wimbledon
mrskristinewimb04@live.com

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