419 scam: "Mrs Elizabeth Hassan"<mrelizabeth01@gmail.com> Hello !

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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.
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.
- mrselizabeth@o2.pl (O2, Poland; can be used from anywhere worldwide)

Fraud email example:

From: "Mrs Elizabeth Hassan"<mrelizabeth01@gmail.com>
Reply-To: mugutalk@yahoogroups.com
Date: Sat, 16 Oct 2010 15:54:10 -0700
Subject: Hello !

hello.

I hope that this e-mail has reached you in the right frame of Mind.

I am Mrs. Elizabeth Hassan, I am suffering from a cancerous ailment. When my late husband was alive he deposited the sum of £10.8 Million Great Britain Pounds Sterling which were derived from his vast estates and investment in capital market with his bank here in UK.

I have decided to donate this fund to you and want you to use this gift which comes from my husbands effort to fund the up keep of widows, widowers, orphans, destitute, the down- trodden, physically challenged children, barren-women and persons who prove to be genuinely handicapped financially.

Please contact me on this email: mrselizabeth@o2.pl for further
information.

Sincerely,
Mrs. E. Hassan.

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