419 scam: "MRS. HELEN CAUDILL" <mrshelencaudill1@gmail.com> From : Mrs. Helen Caudill

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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:
- "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)
- "hundred thousand united states 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)
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.
- mrshelencaudill1@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "MRS. HELEN CAUDILL" <mrshelencaudill1@gmail.com>
Reply-To: mrshelencaudill1@yahoo.com
Date: Mon, 19 Aug 2013 19:32:19 +0100
Subject: From : Mrs. Helen Caudill

Based on your good profile i want to solicit for your help in fulfiling my
wish, i am Mrs.Helen Caudill.68yrs old widow, my husband and i worked with
Tullow oil London, United Kingdom before he died seven years ago.

I am writting you this message via a computer lap top on my sick bed at the
hospital were i am undergoing medical treatment,i have been diagnosed of
endometrial cancer,unfortunatelly for me my doctor said i don't have any
chance to survive except by a miracle and i have spent a lot of money on
medical treatment yet no improvement.

The reason why i am writting you this email is because i want you to stand
as beneficiary to the sum of my $ 3.5 Million (Three million five hundred
thousand united states dollars) which i inherited from my late husband. I
dont
have any bilogical child of my own who will inherit this money neither do i
have any adopted child.

Donating this $3.5 Million Dollars (Three million five hundred thousand
united states dollars) as charity is the only legacy i can leave behind
after my death, please help me to fulfill this goal before i die.I would
like you to pls convert 25% of the total sum for your own personal use so
that you could use the remaning money very well as i have stated.

If you are willing to help me receive this money and do as i wish then do
respond immediately and i will give you required details.You can contact me
here mrshelencaudill1@yahoo.com

Expecting your response soonest.

Sincerely,
MRS.HELEN CAUDILL.

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