419 scam: "Barbara Andreas Vogel"<t-vogel-j@outlook.com> philanthropist

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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 pounds" (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)
- "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 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.

Fraud email example:

From: "Barbara Andreas Vogel" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <barbara_andreas1@outlook.com>
Date: Mon, 28 Oct 2019 20:51:24 -0500
Subject: philanthropist

Good day,

I've uregent need of a reliable to reach the less-previlagde in your country. I'm Mrs Barbara Andreas Vogel,from Cambodia but my late husband is from United States and we live in the United Kingdom,

I'm from Cambodia but, I lost my husband on August 16, 2016 . meanwhile i have been struggling with cancer for long time and my doctor said that the present stage is uncontrollably and I have a few months more to live,so I've to return back to United States

Before the death of my husband, he work a contract with the British government worth of 4.7 million Pounds but death took him away before the money was sent to my bank account, my husband was a philanthropist before his death, he also encouraged me to help poor people around the world, because since we got married we have not been able to have any child.

Because of the condition of my health i have sent two million Pounds to my home town ( Cambodia) and have deposited 700,000.00 Pounds to the hospital for my medication, i will like to send the remaining two million Pounds to you so that you will help me to give it to the poor people and the widows over there as i was instructed by my late husband since we did not have any child to inherit this money, Please do not discriminate on religion, race, ethnicity when handling this project. Try to reply me immediately for more information. May God bless you and your family, I would love to talk to you on the phone, but the problem is that i can not speak well due to pains in my mouth, please keep this information very secret, never tell anyone about this money at all for security reasons.

I look forward to your reply fast.

Thanks
Mrs Barbara Andreas Vogel

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