419 scam: Jennifer Hills <jennyjeffery.hills@gmail.com> Donation Mail

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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:
- ",500,000" (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)
- "god fearing " (scammers in West Africa like to use religious phrases)
This email message is a "dying widow" 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.
- jennyjeffery.hills@hotmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)
- a scanned copy of your identification document (jennyjeffery.hills@hotmail.com ) to enable me use it to (Hotmail; can be used from anywhere worldwide)

Fraud email example:

From: Jennifer Hills <jennyjeffery.hills@gmail.com>
Reply-To: jennyjeffery.hills@hotmail.com
Date: Fri, 14 Feb 2020 16:51:09 -0800
Subject: Donation Mail

Greetings

I pray this mails meets you in peace.

My name is Mrs. Jennifer Hills, 51 years old from Texas USA, Married to an
Australian. i got your contact from my personal search.
Please read my mail very well in other for you to understand my aim of
contacting you today, as I have decided to donate $6,500,000.00 to you.
Before contacting you I prayed that God should bring a God fearing person
who will help me secure this fund accordingly and also to invest it wisely.

I write this message to you as I feel so sad and depressed due to the death
of my husband Jeffery Hills and only son Matthew Hills in a small plane
crash dated September 22, 2019, who crashed in Dorrigo national park
Australia.
As it stands now I am suffering from a heart and throat cancer which also
affected my brain, from all indication my conditions is really
deteriorating and it is quite obvious that according to my doctor i may not
live for the next two months, this is because the cancer stage has gotten
to a very bad stage.

Let me be honest with you, my Late Husband Jeffery was into Drug business,
i am thankful to God that before his death he gave his life to Christ.
Before he died, i have always told him i will sell all our properties and
give it out to the poor since he got his wealth from illegal means. With
the way i see things if i should give this funds to our family members, it
will cause big problem and they are not ready to give it out to the poor.
After selling all our properties i was able to realize $6,500,000.00. At
this point in time all i need is your trust and to keep my husbands name
confidential to avoid tarnishing the image of my family.

It is my last wish to see that this money is invested in your company and
distributed to charity organizations, the poor, orphanages and the
motherless babies homes. I took this decision before I rest in peace
because my time will soon be up.
As soon as I receive your reply I will issue a letter of authorization that
will prove you as the new beneficiary of my funds. Please assure me that
you will act accordingly as I stated here.

Kindly send me your below information, brief explanation about your
background and how you will invest this money and also a scanned copy of
your identification document (jennyjeffery.hills@hotmail.com
<jennyjeffrey.hills@hotmail.com>) to enable me use it to write a Letter of
Authorization on your behalf to the bank. This will enable the Bank to
release the money to you as my new next of kin.

NAME:
SEX:
AGE:
MARITAL STATUS:
COUNTRY:
CONTACT ADDRESS:
PHONE NO:
OCCUPATION:

Waiting for your prompt reply.

Yours in Christ,
Mrs. Jennifer Hills

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