419 scam: Susan Lansbury <susan_lansbury@hotmail.com> PERSONAL MESSAGE from Mrs. Susan Lansbury,

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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 "dying widow" scam.
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.
- lansburysusan@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: Susan Lansbury <susan_lansbury@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: Susan Lansbury <lansburysusan@yahoo.com>
Date: Sun, 4 Jan 2015 15:19:09 +0000 (UTC)
Subject: PERSONAL MESSAGE from Mrs. Susan Lansbury,

Â PERSONAL MESSAGE from Mrs. Susan Lansbury,Â Â Â

May our good Lord bless you,reward you for your going out and
your coming in through Jesus Christ our Lord.Amen.

Greetings. I am Mrs. Susan Lansbury, a widow to late Bedie
Lansbury, i am 55 years, i amÂ suffering
from long time cancer of the breast, from all indication my condition is really
deteriorating and it is quite obvious that i won't live long, according to my
doctors, this is because the cancerÂ has
gotten to a very worst stage.

My late husband and my only child died five years ago, his
death was politically motivated. My late husband was a business man who was
running his cocoa business in Cote D'Ivoire and after his death i became the
next of kin. My doctors has advised me that i may not live long any more. I
decided to give part of our money to Charity, as our own contribution to the
less Privileged across the Globe. I collected your address during my desperate
search on the internet.

I am donating the sum of Three Million seven
hundred thousandÂ United States Dollars to
the less privileged. As a token of my love to the less Privilege all over the
World.

If you respond, i will forward to you all the information's
that will lead to the released of the Fund in the bank

here to your would be account. I pray that this money if
released to you, will achieve it's purpose. This is the

best anybody can do for God's sake and Humanity.

I will wait your mail for further details.reply toÂ

lansburysusan@yahoo.com

Your Faithfully.

Mrs. Susan Lansbury

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