419 scam: General Susan J Helms <pvt.mail35@yahoo.com> Reply

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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:
- "urgent assistance" (scammers rush victims so they don't have time to think properly)
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.

Fraud email example:

From: General Susan J Helms <pvt.mail35@yahoo.com>
Reply-To: ssusanhelms8@gmail.com
Date: Wed, 14 Oct 2020 03:56:04 +0000 (UTC)
Subject: Reply

Greetings to you,

My name is General Susan J. Helms a USA Citizen, from Charlotte, North Carolina considers Portland Oregon meanwhile am a widow so painful, I lost my husband and my only son Joe Helms on plane crash 2009 on the way to my award winner celebration in France. I retired in 2014 with U.S. Airforce but currently I move into three years contract with them back due to the serious crisis going on in Kabul Afghanistan which I will be through on or before 14th December 2020.

About me, I have a good heart, I have a loving heart and am very respectful and kind Woman, I never judge others and am very compassionate, i love to appreciate the little things in life and am very respectful.

Dear, I have my reasons to contact you as i have something very important to share with you in my next mail. I wish to start a very strong relationship with you and my relationship with you will bring a lot of great changes in our life. I want you to understand that relationship does not count distance and age, maybe we can start as friend or go into business partner with my funds which i need to invest with urgent assistance.

Dear, what do you do for a living to sustain your life and family? I know we just know each other but we can share ideas and discuss about important things and more issues as we talk about ourselves, I like to think positively and I care about other people's feelings.

I will be very happy to know more about you, like your hobbies, Interest, Life style, Religious believe, i will also love to see your recent pictures, like i always says i have very important issue to share and discuss with you in my next mail so that you will give me a solution about it, Let me stop here for now, i expect an urgent respond from you soon. Just in case if you want to know more about me then open myen.wikipedia.org below:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Susan_J._Helms

Regard,
Susan J. Helm

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