419 scam: Ms Dessy Allen <mrsmely.tracy@gmail.com> =?UTF-8?Q?My_Donation_=E2=82=AC

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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:
- ",000,000" (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)
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
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.
- dessykb@hotmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: Ms Dessy Allen <mrsmely.tracy@gmail.com>
Reply-To: dessykb@hotmail.com
Date: Wed, 7 Oct 2020 14:17:26 -0700
Subject: =?UTF-8?Q?My_Donation_=E2=82=AC_4=2C000=2C000?=

My Donation â‚¬ 4,000,000
My Dear

With warm hearts I offer my friendship, and my greetings to you.I'm
soliciting for your assistance and partnership to establish a charity
foundation in your country, for the establishment of a charity foundation,
i'm donating the sum of (â‚¬ 4,000,000.00) to you. I can not do it all alone,
because I have a brain tumor, I suffer terribly at the moment. My doctor
just informed me that my days are numbered because of my health, therefore
condemned to certain death currently.

To this I would be so graceful and in order to help the poor to give what
amounts to said legacy worth (Four Million Euro) to enable you to establish
a charitable foundation in my memory. I count on your goodwill and
especially on the proper use of these funds to have something I do not
doubt because I have great confidence in you that God may guide me toward
you. My private E-mail: dessykb@hotmail.com

Awaiting your prompt reply, receive my cordial and fraternal greetings.

Yours Sincerely
Ms Dessy Baharudin

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