419 scam: "Mrs Lisa Favor David Melton"<shiraken@dscvsys.com> KINDLY READ AND LET ME KNOW YOUR 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:

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.
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
This email lists mobile phone numbers. Use of such numbers is typical for scams because they allow criminals to conceal their true location. They can receive calls in an Internet cafe from where they send you emails, while pretending to be in some office.
- +447978356761
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.
- goodideagood8@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Mrs Lisa Favor David Melton" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <goodideagood8@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 23 Mar 2019 23:44:54 -0700
Subject: KINDLY READ AND LET ME KNOW YOUR RESPONSE

My name is Lisa Favor David Melton,am 68 years, citizen of United
States, am in undergoing chemotherapy and radiation therapy treatment
for Lung cancer which affected both Lungs and the doctors said I have
few days to live because of the cancer.
Am contacting you because my late husband left twenty
Million, Five Hundred Thousand dollars in my account which I want to
transfer to you to help the needy.Or can you invest it and always use
part of the profits yearly to help the needy and use part for yourself
as someone who carries out my wishes.If you have the leading to help
the needy,motherless, less privileged and widows within your locations
and other places as my last wishes.You can always invest the 30% of
fund and from the profit yearly always give 20% of profit to sick people
and take the rest for your self.Please confirm and reply so I can transfer
the fund to you and inform my Bank through my lawyer in writing
to transfer the fund to you as my Next of Kin and Sole Beneficiary. Also
send me your full names, email address and cell phone number and physical
address and your location.
Reply,to my
email:goodideagood8@gmail.com
God bless you.
Mrs Lisa Favor David Melton
Tel:+447978356761

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