419 scam: "Bernice Hassan"<info.alert@wp.pl> GOODNESS AND MERCY

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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:
- ",000,000" (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)
- "united state dollar" (this email uses bad English)
This email message is a "dying merchant" scam.

Fraud email example:

From: "Bernice Hassan" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <bernicehassan@aol.com>
Date: Sun, 13 Nov 2016 00:00:33 +0100
Subject: GOODNESS AND MERCY

My Dear in Christ

I don't want you to feel sorry for me, because, I Believe Everyone will
die someday. My name is Mrs.Bernice Hassan I have been diagnosed with
esophageal cancer.

I want God to be merciful to me and accept my soul so, I have decided to
give aims 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
Afghanistan 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 huge cash deposit of united state dollars $25,000,000 that
I have with a finance/Security Company. I will want you to dispatch it to
charity organizations if only you will be sincere.

God be with you.

Mrs.Bernice Hassan

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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