419 scam: "Mrs. Khamis"<naheeness@gmail.com> HoSpIaL

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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 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.

Fraud email example:

From: "Mrs. Khamis" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <naheenes@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 13 Dec 2018 15:29:42 +0200
Subject: HoSpIaL - mESsAgE

Have a nice day,
Please accept my sincere apologies if my email does not correspond to your business or personal ethics. I'm writing from a hospital in C?te d'Ivoire (West Africa) where I was admitted because of esophageal cancer. I write this email in the name of God and I ask you to accept the last wish of a dying woman with a malignant disease. I have had many surgeries without success, and now I am worried because I only have 10% chance to survive further surgery due to cancer injury. After diagnosis last week, medicine expects have done everything to help me live longer, but all this has no effect. now i will not live beyond 90 days because my latest medical examination indicates the damage in my body.
I decided to give you the money I had inherited from my late husband after knowing that I will die any moment, I decided to get in touch with you to make the benefits for the capital fund which i inherited from my late husband. the capital fund is deposited with the bank of Belgium. As soon as I know that you can satisfy my request, I will ask the bank's administration to carry out the immediate transfer to your account.
Many thanks

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