419 scam: "Mrs. Margaret Williams" <gmena@dim.uchile.cl> Dearest one,

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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:
- "dearest one," (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
- "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 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
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.
- margaretwilliams0@hotmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Mrs. Margaret Williams" <gmena@dim.uchile.cl>
Reply-To: margaretwilliams0@hotmail.com
Date: Sat, 02 Mar 2013 21:46:23 -0300
Subject: Dearest one,

My Dearest one,

My name is Mrs. Margaret Williams, am 72yrs, and a native of Brisbane
Australia.
I am a good merchant woman, I have companies and good shares in
various banks of
the world as my whole life was spent on investments and corporate
business. All
the way I lost my husband and two lovely sons in fatal accident that occur in
November 5th 2005.

As a Good Business woman, love for money and greed came over me and I didn't
care about less privileged people. I later experienced difficulty to sleep and
rest so I was sent a letter of medical check up, as my personal Doctor
Diagnosed
of protracted cancer of the lungs which has also affected part of my
brain cells
due to complications. which can take my life soon. I found it uneasy
to survive
myself, because i cannot manage my multiple investments anymore with my bad
health state so i sold all properties and realized the total sum $8.5 million
dollars. I quickly call up a Man of God to give me positive ideas on positive
solution, as my adviser. He ministered to me to share my wealth, to motherless
babies, orphanage homes/people that need money to survive both widows
and single
parents. I crave your indulgence as a God fearing individual and as
someone who
cares for the less-privileged as much as i do, to take it upon
yourself and use
this fund for the above mentioned purposes.

Please contact me and stop weeping, i know that my story will sadden
your heart.
let me know plans for the less privileged and if you can still help me to
distribute money to the poor and less privileged. Now am so much with God, am
now born again. May you be blessed, as you reach me, please to remind
you, this
email should be only between you and I so i beg you keep it so. I will give
more information to you as I await your response immediately.

Respond to my private email : ( margaretwilliams0@hotmail.com ).

Yours in the lord,
Mrs. Margaret Williams.

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