419 scam: "Mrs. Irene Shaw" <IreneShaw@msn.com> Hallo My Dear One.

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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:
- "hundred thousand us 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)
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.
- +27794405094 (South Africa, prepaid mobile phone)
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.
- mrsshawcross@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Mrs. Irene Shaw" <IreneShaw@msn.com>
Reply-To: <mrscsha1945@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 7 Jan 2020 16:37:11 +0200
Subject: Hallo My Dear One.

Greetings My Dear,

Firstly, I want to assure you that you will benefit from this and it is part of reason I am writing to you. God bless you and your family.

I want to WILL/DONATE in your manes the total sum of $20.5 million US-Dollars (Twenty Million, Five Hundred Thousand US Dollars), which I want you to distribute and share part of it to charity homes for me in your Country and to the less privileges, old-age homes, and orphanage homes and to those

I am Mrs. Irene Shawcross; and my health conditions are not good as I am talking to you right now, I am suffering from long time (illness) cancer of the bone (leukemia). This illness has troubled me for a long time of which I do not have much time to live according to the doctors indications . I am 68years old and my body cannot take or withstand all these intensive treatments of the cancer anymore. Instructions given to me by my late husband Mr. Hendricks Shawcross; who passed away in a plane crash Please kindly reply as quickly as you can, as this is very urgent. You can also call me if you can, although I am in and out of the hospital for treatment, but once the hospital gives me chance to use my phone I will answer your call or call you back. So, you can send your direct phone numbers as you reply back to me.

Here is my Direct email address ( mrsshawcross@yahoo.com ) and .Phone: No+27-79-4405094

Regards in sincerity,
Mrs. IRENE SHAWCROSS.

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