419 scam: Mrs Helen Morris <mrshelenmorriss@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:

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:
- "hundred thousand 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)
- "00,000.00" (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)
- "utmost confidentiality" (scammers urge victims to keep the transaction secret because they don't want anyone to point out to them that it is a scam)
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.

Fraud email example:

From: Mrs Helen Morris <mrshelenmorriss@gmail.com>
Reply-To: mrshelenmorris62@gmail.com
Date: Fri, 17 Mar 2023 04:52:26 -0700
Subject: Hello

Hello Dear,

My name is Mrs Helen Morris from United Kingdom. I am a terribly sick
woman who have decided to donate what I have Inherited from my late
Husband to you for the work of God. I am 62 years old and I was
diagnosed for cancer for about 2 years ago, immediately after the
death of my husband, who has left me everything he worked for.
Although the Doctors said my chances of living is very remote, I am
not scare because I have resolved that if I die, I die to continue my
service to God with the angels and if I live, I live for God to be
glorified. I have been touched by God to donate from what I have
inherited from my late husband to you for the good work of God, Rather
than allow my relatives to use my husband hard earned funds ungodly.

Please pray, that the good Lord forgive me my sins. I have asked God
to forgive me and I believe he has because He is a merciful God. I
will be going in for an operation within the next few days.I decided
to WILL/donate the sum of US$7,400,000.00 (Seven Million, Four Hundred
Thousand US dollars) to you for the good work of the Lord, and also to
help the motherless and less privilege and also for the assistance of
the widows, poor children and the less privileged.

At the moment I cannot take any telephone calls right now due to the
fact that my late husband's relatives are nosing around me to know
what is left of our wealth so they can steal it and my health status.
I am adjusting my WILL and my family legal consultant is aware I am
changing my WILL and he will arrange the transfer of the funds to
you.I wish you all the best and may the good Lord bless you
abundantly, please use the funds to extend the good work to others.

I will appreciate your utmost confidentiality in this matter until the
task is accomplished as I don't want anything that will jeopardize my
last wish. And Also I will be contacting with you by email as I don't
want these greedy relation of my late husband or anybody for that
matter to know because they are always around me.Kindly get back to me.

Yours Faithfully
Mrs Helen Morris.

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