419 scam: "Mrs. Katrina wimston" <info@charity.com> CAN I DEPOSIT 20,000,000.00 IN YOUR ACCOUNT?

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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.
The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
- "million pounds" (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)
- ",000,000" (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.
- kwimbledon21@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Mrs. Katrina wimston" <info@charity.com>
Date: Thu, 18 Oct 2012 10:27:30 -0300
Subject: CAN I DEPOSIT 20,000,000.00 IN YOUR ACCOUNT?

Beloved,

Please kindly accept my apology for sending you this email without
your consent. I believe you are a highly respected personality,
considering the fact that I sourced your profile from the peoples
search database on the web during my descript search for a partner
whom can assist me in taking bringing the dreams of my late husband
come through. I am Mrs. Katrina wimston, suffering from cancerous
ailment. I was married to Sir wimston A .an English shipping tycoon
notable for his great charitable activities before his death in April
2nd, 2010. When my late husband was alive he deposited the sum of
Twenty Million Pounds Sterling (20,000,000.00 GBP) which were derived
from his vast estates and investment in capital market with his bank
in UK 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 and i want you to use this gift which comes
from my Late husbands effort to establish a charity home for the
upkeep 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. You can contact me through my personal email
address: kwimbledon21@gmail.com

Please assure me that you will act just as I have stated herein.
Hope to hear from you soon.

Remain Blessed,
Mrs. Katrina wimston
kwimbledon21@gmail.com

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