419 scam: "Mrs. Charity Roberts" <info@charity.com> Beloved,

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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:
- ",500,000" (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.
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.
- mrs.charityrobert@hotmail.com (Hotmail; can be used from anywhere worldwide)

Fraud email example:

From: "Mrs. Charity Roberts" <info@charity.com>
Reply-To: mrs.charityrobert@hotmail.com
Date: Fri, 07 Sep 2012 19:31:32 +0600
Subject: Beloved,

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Mrs. Charity Roberts

Address: Oxfordshire SE14, London UK.

Email: mrs.charityrobert@hotmail.com

Beloved,

I am Mrs. Charity Roberts, suffering from cancerous ailment. I was married

to Sir Johnson Roberts an English shipping tycoon notable for his great

charitable activities before his death in March 24th, 2010. When my late

husband was alive he deposited the sum of three million five hundred

thousand pounds (3,500,000.00 GBP) which were derived from his vast estates

and investment in capital market with his bank here in London 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 so

i want you to use this gift which comes from my Late husbands effort to

establish a charity home for 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.

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, Please assure me that you will act just as I have stated Herein.

This is my personal email contact address: mrs.charityrobert@hotmail.com

Hope to hear from you soon.

Remain Blessed,

Mrs. Charity Robert

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