419 scam: Mrs Irina Mikhail <psbalneario@spalimentacao.com.br> Please Treat With Utmost Sincerity

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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:
- "dear friend" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
This email message is a "dying widow" scam.

Fraud email example:

From: Mrs Irina Mikhail <psbalneario@spalimentacao.com.br>
Reply-To: "mrsirinamikhail@gmail.com" <mrsirinamikhail@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 4 Oct 2014 02:22:28 -0300 (BRT)
Subject: Please Treat With Utmost Sincerity

Dear Friend,

Good day to you,I am Irina Mikhail, a widow to late Pavel Mikhail, I am 75 Years old,
suffering from long time esophagical Cancer of the Breast and from all indications my
condition is really deteriorating and it's quite obvious that I won't live more than four
weeks according to my doctors.

Please i need your assistant to from out the sum of Fifteen Milion Three Hundred
Thousand British Pounds) which my late husband deposited in a bank in
united kingdom before his demise some years back.If this money is fronted out with your
help,I need you to utilize 65% to fund churches,orphanages and widows around the world
and have the other 35% for yourself as a reward for showing kindness to me in executing
this noble course at this saddest moment of my life.

As soon as I receive your response, I shall tell you what to do next and how to get in contact
with the bank. Please assure me that you will act accordingly as I stated here and keep this
contact confidential until such a time that the funds get into your possession.

Please ignore this mail if you are not interested and if interested,Contact my email below
for more info.

Thanks you in advance
Mrs Irina Mikhail.

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