419 scam: "Mrs Saleh M. Galal" <mrssgalal@gmail.com> "MY GOOD WILL" PLEASE REPLY

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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:
- "hundred thousand us 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)
- "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 "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.
- mrssgalal@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)
- please you can reach me through my alternative email id: mrssgalal@gmail.com, salehmrsgalal@gmail.com i await your reply. mrs. mary (Gmail; can be used from anywhere worldwide)

Fraud email example:

From: "Mrs Saleh M. Galal" <mrssgalal@gmail.com>
Reply-To: salehmrsgalal@gmail.com
Date: Mon, 14 Jun 2010 13:47:52 +0100 (BST)
Subject: "MY GOOD WILL" PLEASE REPLY

Hello, I wait for your response.

I greet you in the name of God Almighty. I am Mrs. Mary Saleh Galal a
widow to Late Dr.

Mohamed Galal a businessman from Egypt. I am presently residing in Africa.

I am an old woman of 63 years suffering from cancer. From all indications,
my condition is

really deteriorating and it is quite obvious that I may not live long,
because the cancer

stage has gotten to a very severe stage as confirm by medical experts.

I lost my husband and my two beautiful kids through a Greek aircraft crash
which all the 121

people on board a Cypriot airliner died after it plunged into a hill near
Athens after an

apparent drop in cabin pressure as reported and confirmed by BBC News on
Sunday the 14th day

of August, 2005. Please visit the website below for your verification =

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/4150312.stm

my late husband was very wealthy and after his death, I inherited all his
business and

wealth. My personal physician told me that I may not live for so long and
I am so scared

about this. So, I now decided to donate part of this wealth through you to
the less

privileged people and handicapped ones in the society anywhere in the
world you may live.

I selected you for this Purpose and prayed over it, I am willing to donate
the sum of

$7,300,000.00 (Seven Million, Three Hundred Thousand US Dollars to you for
the development

of the well being of handicapped people in the society and also as an aid
for the less

privileged around your country, and I have mapped out $1,700,000.00 for
your own personal

use as the executor of this great project.

Please note that, this fund is deposited in my Domiciliary Account with a
Bank. Therefore, I

will forward to you immediately an application for the transfer of the
money in your name or

company name as the owner and beneficiary of the fund, which you will
complete and send to

the Bank.

Please, do not reply me if you have the intention of using this whole fund
for personal use

other than as I have specified above. I want any Organization, or an
individual, that will

use this gift which comes from my sweat to fund the upkeep of widows,
widowers, orphans,

destitute, the down-trodden and physically challenged children.

Lastly, I want you/your home to be praying for me regarding my health
because I have come to

find out since my spiritual birth lately that wealth acquisition without
God, one's life is

vanity upon vanity.

Please you can reach me through my alternative email ID: mrssgalal@gmail.com,

salehmrsgalal@gmail.com

I await your reply.

Mrs. Mary Saleh Galal

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