419 scam: "cimbservices@cimbbank.com" <jane.fralwer@att.net> My Last Wish

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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 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)
- "god fearing " (scammers in West Africa like to use religious phrases)
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.
- jane_fralwer@centrum.sk (Centrum; can be used from anywhere worldwide)

Fraud email example:

From: "cimbservices@cimbbank.com" <jane.fralwer@att.net>
Reply-To: "cimbservices@cimbbank.com" <david_garry@gmx.com>
Date: Tue, 22 Mar 2011 10:55:01 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: My Last Wish

Dearest Friend,

You are advised to reply via: jane_fralwer@centrum.sk

Greetings in the name of God/Allah,Please let this not sound strange to you for
that this mail is coming from a distress sick widow.I prayed and got your email
id from your country's guest book.

I am Mrs.Jane Fralwer from south Africa but presently in London where i am been
hospitalized.I am 55 years old,I have a problem with my hearing and Talking
because am suffering from a long time cancer of the breast which has also
affected my brain. From all indication my conditions is really deteriorating and
it is quite obvious that, according to my doctors they have advised me that i
may not live for the next three to four months,this is because the cancer stage
has gotten to a very bad stage.

I was brought up from a motherless babies home and was married to my late
husband for twenty-five years without a child ,my husband was working in an Oil
& Gas company in Saudi Arabia, after which he was transferred to Malaysia before
he died in a fatal motor accident.

Since his death I decided not to re-marry,I sold all my inherited belongings and
deposited all the sum of $7.5 million dollars with a Bank in Malaysia.I am
still in London and this money is still in Malaysia and the Malaysian
Government has threatened me by writing to me as the true owner of the Fund to
come forward to receive the money for it has been kept for so long as a
Foreigner or rather issue a letter of authorization to somebody to receive it on
my behalf since I can not come over because of my illness or they get it
confiscated.

Presently, It is my last wish to see that this money is invested to any
organization of your choice and distributed each year among the charity
organizations,the poor and the motherless babies home.

I want you as God fearing person, to also use this money to fund orphanages and
widows,I took this decision, before i will rest in peace because my time will
soon be up.

As soon as I receive your reply, I will issue you a letter of Authorization
that will prove you as the new beneficiary of my fund.

Please assure me that you will act accordingly as I stated herein.

Hoping to hear from you soon.

Thanks

Mrs.Jane Fralwer

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