419 scam: "Mrs.Gladys Newman"<lorghan01@gmail.com> Urgent Response!!!

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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.
This email message is a "dying merchant" scam.

Fraud email example:

From: "Mrs.Gladys Newman"<lorghan01@gmail.com>
Reply-To: gnewmanglad@dr.com
Date: Tue, 24 Feb 2015 18:00:50 +0000
Subject: Urgent Response!!!

Hello,
Dear in Christ I don't want you to feel sorry for me, because, I

Believe Everyone will die someday. My name is Mrs.Gladys Newman

(widow), I have been diagnosed with esophageal cancer.Just

recently the doctor said i have few weeks to live. I want God to

be merciful to me and accept my soul so, I have decided to give

alms to charity organizations, as I want this to be one of the

last good deeds I do on earth. So far, I have distributed money

to some charity organizations in the Oman, Algeria and Malaysia.

Now that my health has deteriorated so badly, I cannot do this

myself anymore. I once asked members of my family to close one

of my accounts and distribute the money which I have there to

charity organization in Bulgaria and Pakistan, they refused and

kept the money to themselves.Hence, I do not trust them anymore,

as they seem not to be contended with what I have left for

them.The last of my money which no one knows of is the cash

deposit that I have with a Bank. I will want you to dispatch it

to charity organizations if only you will be sincere.

Get back to me with your name and telephone number so i can give

you further details and directives.

God be with you.
Mrs.Gladys Newman

NB: Please do not share my email address with anyone as I have

received some emails from some unscrupulous people claiming to

be charity organizations and other weird stories.

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