419 scam: "faithmccarthy87@ hotmail.com " <j.zalecki@birawit.eu> Please Read

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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.
The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
- "00,000.00" (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)
This email message is a next of kin 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.
- faithmccarthy87@hotmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "faithmccarthy87@ hotmail.com " <j.zalecki@birawit.eu>
Reply-To: faithmccarthy87@hotmail.com
Date: Fri, 10 Mar 2017 01:37:18 -0800
Subject: Please Read

Beloved

Hope this message gets to you in good health.

I am Mrs Faith McCarthy from England, I am 61 years old. I am suffering from a long time cancer of the lungs and stroke and my conditions is really getting worst. I was brought up from a motherless home and got married to my late husband for twenty years but without a child.

My husband was a wealthy man, he was an engineer with an Oil Company in Saudi Arabia before he passed away in a fatal car accident.
Since his death, I have lived alone all my life.

Before my husband died, he deposited in a Finance/Security Company the sum of Nineteen Million, Seven hundred thousand U.S. Dollars (US$19,700,000.00) which I am the Next of Kin.

Recently, I have been informed by the Finance Company where he kept the money to come and claim my money or rather authorize somebody to receive it on my behalf since I can not come over because of my illness. because they have kept it for so long.

It is my wish to see that the money with the Finance Company is given to a person who will use the money to orphanages homes and churches, help the Poor and the widows .

I want to my mandate to receive this money and I hope you will do as my spirit directs, before I close my eyes finally.

When I receive your reply I will give you directives as to how you will receive this money.

If you are willing to do my wish, please reply through my private email: faithmccarthy87@hotmail.com

with full your
full names,
Age,
Marital Status,
Contact Address,
Occupation
and your mobile Phone numbers.

Waiting to hear from you soonest.

Mrs Faith McCarthy
Email: faithmccarthy87@hotmail.com

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