419 scam: Elizabeth Edwards <ee7358936@gmail.com> Hello,

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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:
- "million united states 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 orphan 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.
- elizabethedw0@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: Elizabeth Edwards <ee7358936@gmail.com>
Reply-To: elizabethedw0@gmail.com
Date: Wed, 6 Jan 2021 00:00:03 -0800
Subject: Hello,

I am Madam Elizabeth Edwards, 68 years, accept my greetings to you.
Please permit me to inform you of my desire of going into business
relationship with you. I believe you are a reputable and responsible
trustworthy person I can do business with, as a matter of trust, I
must not hesitate to confide in you for this simple and sincere
business offer.

My husband was a very wealthy Cocoa Merchant; He was poisoned to death
by his business associates on one of their outings to discuss a
business deal. Before he died i have been living in this painful
condition of esophageal cancer.

My husband died on the 24th November 2018 in a Private Hospital in
USA, he secretly called me to his bedside and told me that he has the
sum of 25.5 Million United States Dollars deposited as "Photographic
Materials" in one Security Trust Company in Turkey. Also his last
words, was that I should move out of my country through a neighboring
country to any safe place for cover [Exile] immediately after his
burial, then from there that I should find a possible way of moving
out of USA and naturalize in another country where I can put up solid
investment with the money and help orphanage with some part of the
money. I am honorably seeking your assistance in the following ways
below; because i cannot do anything again my health condition has
defiled all forms of medical treatment;

1. To serve as the guardian of this fund, 2. To assist me in putting
this sum of money in safe keeping by accepting to receive it from the
Security Company as my trustee with a letter of Authorization claim
from me.

I am willing to offer you a percentage of your choice from the total
sum as compensation for your effort/input after the successful
completion of the transaction. To commence,
I will need you to send to me your full now and your country where are
you from for further communication. If you are not Interested, Please
do not reply to this mail; delete it from your system.

Thank you while expecting to hear from you soon, also If you have any
questions, please don't hesitate to ask. this is my email address
{elizabethedw0@gmail.com}.

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