419 scam: Mrs Helen Jones <paulnlemorisa77@yahoo.co.jp> Greetings my dear,

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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:

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:
- "i will like you to " (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
- "god fearing " (scammers in West Africa like to use religious phrases)
This email message is a "dying widow" scam.

Fraud email example:

From: Mrs Helen Jones <paulnlemorisa77@yahoo.co.jp>
Reply-To: Mrs Helen Jones <helenjones341@yahoo.com>
Date: Sat, 28 Jun 2014 21:19:05 +0900 (JST)
Subject: Greetings my dear,

Greetings my dear,

Based on your good profile i want to solicit for your assistant in fulfilling my wish, i am Mrs Helen Jones 52yrs old widow my husband worked with Tullow oil Cote d Ivoire for 20 years before he died tow 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 i have spent a lot of money on medical treatment yet no improvement.

The reason why i am writting you this letter is because I need a good honest God fearing person who can use $7,000.000 that my late husband deposited in a Bank earlier before his death last two years November and because of my condition now I decided to donate this fund to a charity organization. i want to give the bank instruction to transfer this fund to you so that you can donate it to orphanges & children and also support some churches for God's work. i dont have any bilogical child of my own who will inherit this fund my relatives and my husband's relatives have plundered so much of my wealth since my illness and i cannot live with the agony of entrusting this huge responsibility to any of them anymore.

Please help me to fulfil this goal before i die and please always remember me in your pray. Please if you are will willing to help me fulfil this gret work of God for charity our god will compensate you, I will like you to contact me today.

I expecting to here from you soonest.
Sincerlly Yours Sister in Christ,
Mrs Helen Jones

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