419 scam: "b006" <b006@mail.guanyin.gov.tw> Charitable Donation From Mrs. Mabel Ovis

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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:
- ",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)
- "abidjan" (a location commonly mentioned in 419 scams)
- "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.
- mabelovis619@yahoo.com.ph (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "b006" <b006@mail.guanyin.gov.tw>
Reply-To: mabelovis619@yahoo.com.ph
Date: Sat, 7 Dec 2013 07:34:24 -0300
Subject: Charitable Donation From Mrs. Mabel Ovis

Charity Donation
From Mrs. Mabel Ovis
Abidjan Cote D'Ivoire
West Africa.
Email; mabelovis619@yahoo.com.ph

Attention:

Greetings in the name of the Almighty God/Allah the giver of every good thing. I know
this proposal will definitely come to you as a huge surprise, but I implore you to take
your time to go through it carefully as the decision you make will go a long way to
determine my future.

I am Mrs. Mabel Ovis an ageing widow of 57 years old suffering from long time illness. I
have some funds which I inherited from my late husband, the sum of USD $4,500,000.00 and
I needed a very honest and God fearing person who can withdraw this money then use the
funds for Charity works. I WISH TO ENTRUST THIS FUND TO YOU FOR CHARITY WORKS.

I found your email address from the internet after honest prayers to the Lord/Allah to
bring me HONEST PERSON I CAN CONFIDE ON, and I decided to contact you if you may be
willing and interested to handle these trust funds in good faith. I am desperately in
keen need of assistance and I have summoned up courage to contact you for this task, you
must not fail me and the millions of the poor people in our today’s WORLD.

This is not stolen money and there are no dangers involved. Please if you would be able
to use the funds for the Charity works please kindly let me know immediately through
this email address; (mabelovis619@yahoo.com.ph)for more details.

Please kindly respond quickly for further details if you can handle this task.

Regards,

Mrs. Mabel Ovis.

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