419 scam: "Mrs. Sharon Massey" <ssharonms1@in.com> Beloved read through & ADVICE

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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:
- "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 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.
- ssharonms@aol.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Mrs. Sharon Massey" <ssharonms1@in.com>
Reply-To: ssharonms@aol.com
Date: Fri, 28 May 2010 23:54:39 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: Beloved read through & ADVICE

Beloved,
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Â Compliments of the day to you! By this e-mail, I do sincerely apologise for my intrusion of your privacy. However, I have a serious concern with which I believe you might be of help and for this reason I decided to e-mail you believing in my faith that you will handle this issue with sincere mind.
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Â I am Mrs Sharon Goetz Massey, I'm 52yrs old, German citizen by birth and I'm married to Australian Mr Massey Please I am contacting you to let you know my desire to establish a charity foundation in your country with some amount of Euro ( â‚¬ 3,800,000.00 ) which I inherited from my late husband ( Mr.Andrew Massey ) It is my desire to see that this money is invested to any charity organization of your choice in your country and distributed each year among the charity organizations,Â motherless babyâ€™s home, mosques, churches, Schools, supporting destitute aged men and women or whatever you may have in mind that will be to the benefit of the less fortunate.
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Â I took this decision because I was raised from a motherless babyâ€™s home and presently, I'm hospitalized where I am undergoing treatment for my up coming breast cancer surgery operation. Please reply as soon as possible to confirming your acceptance to this proposition so that I will give you all the relevant information that will authorise the release and transfer of the fund to you as my duly assigned representative.
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Â Thank you in advance for your understanding and I look forward hearing from you urgently.Â kindly update to my private email address: ssharonms@aol.com
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Warm regards,
Mrs. Sharon Massey

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