419 scam: "Mrs.Wendy Jane Williams" <mmajorhollandd@gmail.com> (no subject)

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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:
- "i will like you to " (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
- "million us 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 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.

Fraud email example:

From: "Mrs.Wendy Jane Williams" <mmajorhollandd@gmail.com>
Reply-To: wendywjane@gmail.com
Date: Mon, 11 Apr 2022 23:02:16 +0200
Subject:

--
How are you today? hope you are fine,
I am Mrs. Wendy Jane Williams from Estonia, I am married to a South
Africa CITIZEN Born and Brought Up In Switzerland , I am a new
Christian convert, suffering from long term cancer of the breast,
presently hospitalized here in south Africa. I do not have any
children of my own due to my bad health conditions. All indications
from my doctor that my condition is really worsening and it is quite
obvious that I wouldnâ€™t live more than two months, according to my
doctors and in all indications regarding medical analysis.I have been
touched by God to donate the money I have inherited from my late
husband to you for good work of God, Also, I will like you to build
and orphanage home in my late husband's name and help churches,
mosques, Orphanages, widows and communities Also, focus on the poor
and victims of Kinds of diseases etc, Please I don't mind if you are a
Christian or Muslim or Hindus or Buddhist rather my only paramount
concern here is whether I can trust you because this generation is
filled up with greedy. However, I will be going in for another surgery
soon. Meanwhile, I have decided to WILLED the sum of US$30.5million US
Dollars to you to carry out the project as I have stated above, You
Will Also Get 40% Of The Money as your compensation for helping me
fulfilled this desire of donation, please Let me know if you can
perform this humanitarian duty on me and my behalf, so that I will
provide you more details after knowing your willingness to handle this
fund with fear of God.
Kindly contact me for further discussion below.
Thanks and God bless.
Mrs. Wendy Jane Williams

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