419 scam: Faith Adelh <wele-immobilien@t-online.de> From Mrs Faith Adelh

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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:
- "million united states dollars" (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)
- "your urgent reply" (scammers rush victims so they don't have time to think properly)
- "abidjan" (a location commonly mentioned in 419 scams)
This email message is a "dying widow" scam.

Fraud email example:

From: Faith Adelh <wele-immobilien@t-online.de>
Reply-To: "faith4u2016@gmail.com" <faith4u2016@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 30 Nov 2016 11:22:13 +0100 (MET)
Subject: From Mrs Faith Adelh

From Mrs Faith Adelh
Dearly beloved,

I am Mrs Faith Adelh, a widow to late Mr. Yanco Adelh . I am 51 years old.
I am suffering from a long time cancer of the breast.

From all indications, my conditions are really deteriorating and it is
quite obvious that i may not live more long according to my doctors, this
is because the cancer stage has gotten to a very bad stage. My late husband
died last four years, and during the period of our marriage, we could not
produce any child.

My late husband was very wealthy and after his death, I inherited all his
business and wealth. The doctors have advised me that I may not live for
more than Three months due to my present predicament. So, I now decided to
divide the part of this wealth to contribute to the development of the God
work to your country. I am willing to donate some huge amount sum of
us$5,000.000.00 (Five million United States dollars) and some quantities of
Gold dust. I want you to use the fund to support the less privileged in
your country, I choose you to fulfil this dreams to comes true and the fund
will transfer to you in your country. Please I want you to note that the
money is deposited in Abidjan, ivory coast where my late husband had some
of his business investments mostly on Gold business and cocoa because ivory
coast id the world's greatest producer of cocoa.

When i hear from you, I will forward to you all the information you will
use to get this fund transferred to your country. I honestly pray that this
money when transferred to your country and it will be used for the said
purpose.

I await your urgent reply.
Your sister,
Mrs Faith Adelh

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