419 scam: "Mrs. Willis Morgan."< willismorgan@morgans.org> Mrs. Grace Smart

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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.
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.
- mrswillis.morgan@yahoo.com.ph (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Mrs. Willis Morgan." (may be fake)
Reply-To: <mrswillis.morgan@yahoo.com.ph>
Date: Sat, 13 Jul 2013 00:06:53 -0700
Subject: Mrs. Grace Smart

Dear Beloved.

My name is Mrs.Willis Morgan am 75yrs old of age, I stay in new york
city, I am a good merchant, I have several industrial companies and
good share in various banks in the world. I spend all my life on
investment and co-operate business both in Asia, Europe and America.
All the way I lost my husband and two beautiful children in Car
Accident which remains in my heart.

I am a very greedy woman with all cost I don't know much about people
but since when I had an experience of my difficulties to sleep and
give rest. Ending of last year (September) I was sent a letter of
medical checkup, as my personal doctor testify that I have a lung
cancer, which can easily take off my life soon. I found it uneasy to
survive myself because a lot of my investment cannot be run and manage
by me again. I quickly call up for my pastor to give me positive
thinking on this solution, as my adviser, he ministered to me to share
my properties, wealth, to motherless baby/orphanage homes people that
need money for survivor, business women and men for their investment
and for future rising since my husband relatives are praying for my
death in other for them to inherit all our live investment and that I
will not allow it to happen and that is why I need you here to help me
set up a charity home where the motherless children can benefit from
this opportunity.

Therefore I am writing this letter to people who are really in need of
help to contact me urgently. So that I can make available preparation
on that, especially women of the day, who are divorced by their
husband and left with kids, why they cannot survive from feeding their
self. Please contact me and stop weeping. Probably let me know what
you really need the money for and if you can still help me to nearest
orphanages homes near your town. Now am so much with God, am now born
again.

May the lord bless you, as you reach me, please to remind you don't
belong to scammers or any act of fraudulent act on internet? I will
give more information to you as I await your response immediately,
please get back to me through this email for fast attention:
mrswillis.morgan@yahoo.com.ph

Thanks

Mrs. Willis Morgan.

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