419 scam: Sister Elvi Meigh <elviidonation@gmail.com> Mein liebster Geliebter,

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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.
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.

Fraud email example:

From: Sister Elvi Meigh <elviidonation@gmail.com>
Reply-To: elvidonation@gmail.com
Date: Tue, 9 Mar 2021 07:59:29 +0100
Subject: Mein liebster Geliebter,

Mein liebster Geliebter,
Ich grÃ¼ÃŸe Sie im Namen unseres Herrn Jesus Christus. Ich bin Frau Elvi
Meigh, eine 59-jÃ¤hrige Witwe von ISRAEL, die seit Monaten an Brian-Tumor
und Lunge leidet. Ich bin mit dem Ingenieur James Meigh verheiratet, der
viele Jahre als Expatriate bei einer Ã–lbohrfirma gearbeitet hat, bevor er
bei einem tÃ¶dlichen Autounfall starb.
Wir waren jahrelang ohne Kind verheiratet.
Ich habe die Summe von 2.500.000,00 Euro von meinem verstorbenen Ehemann
geerbt, bevor er starb. Nachdem ich meinen Zustand gekannt hatte, beschloss
ich, dieses E-Mail-GesprÃ¤ch Ã¼ber ein vertrauliches humanitÃ¤res Projekt zu
initiieren, das ich in Ihrem Land gegen Krebs, weniger Privilegien und
behinderte Kinder in der EU einrichten mÃ¶chte Land,

Ich bin in einem kritischen Gesundheitszustand, von dem ich nicht weiÃŸ, was
als nÃ¤chstes passieren wird. Deshalb habe ich diese Entscheidung getroffen.

Bitte versichern Sie mir, dass Sie so handeln werden, wie ich es hier
angegeben habe.

Warten auf Ihre schnelle Antwort fÃ¼r weitere Details.

Danke und sei gesegnet.
Frau Elvi Meigh

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