419 scam: "Mrs. Tiril Freydis Brundtland Benkow" <souramamadou83@gmail.com> I hope this message gets to you in good health

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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:
- ",500,000" (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)
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.

Fraud email example:

From: "Mrs. Tiril Freydis Brundtland Benkow" <souramamadou83@gmail.com>
Reply-To: mrs.tiril.freydis.brundtland66@gmail.com
Date: Mon, 21 Nov 2022 16:57:11 +0000
Subject: I hope this message gets to you in good health

I hope this message gets to you in good health

Greetings to you, how are you doing today? However, it is not
mandatory nor will in any manner compel you to honor against your
will.

My name is Mrs. Tiril Freydis Brundtland Iâ€™m from Norway I need your
assistance for a charity work, I am sending you this message with
heavy tears in my eyes and great sorrow in my heart, and also praying
that it will reach you in good health, as I am suffering from long
time cancer, I was once married to my husband late Mr. Jo Benkow
Brundtland a politician who die in the year 2013 owns a small Oil
company in South Korea, when he was alive he deposited the sum of
â‚¬8,500,000 Eight million, Five hundred thousand Euros in a bank in
Brussels the capital city of Belgium in Europe The money was from the
sale of his company and death benefits payment and entitlements of my
deceased husband by his company.

I have decided to donate this money for the support of helping less
privileged and Widows, as I am dying and diagnosed with cancer about 3
years ago. I have decided to donate from what I have inherited from my
late husband to you for the good work of Almighty God; I will be going
in for surgery soon, I need your urgent answer to know if you will be
able to execute this project, and I will give you more information on
how the fund will be transferred to your bank account.

Thanks
Mrs. Tiril Freydis Brundtland

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