419 scam: Mrs maria bernhard <susanshabangu6666@gmail.com> I need your Help

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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.
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
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.
- mariabernhard1950@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: Mrs maria bernhard <susanshabangu6666@gmail.com>
Reply-To: mariabernhard1950@gmail.com
Date: Thu, 13 Apr 2023 00:09:03 +0200
Subject: I need your Help

I' m Maria,
Each day that passes by I am afraid to die, but life gives me no choice,
but to answer the call; my prayer each day is to have a place in Heaven. I
have suffered a lot as a result of this incurable sickness.

With due respect, Please kindly be honest to me. My name is Mrs. Maria
Bernhard From Cape Town South Africa; I am a dying woman who has decided to
donate what I have for the less privileged in South Africa for Charity
work. I am 73 years old and was diagnosed with cancer Six years ago,
immediately after the death of my husband.

I have been touched to donate from what I have inherited from my late
husband for good work rather than allow his relatives to lavish my
husband's hard earned money and I don't even want my late husband relative
to be aware when and where the said funds is send to and that is the reason
why I need your help most now am on sick cancer bed.

As I lay on my sick bed, I want you to help me in carrying out my last wish
on earth which will also be profitable to you. I want to WILL a total sum
of R10.5M ZAR to you which I want you to distribute part of it for
charitable work; you can use part of it to put together a home for the
homeless in your city and the rest for yourself and your family.

Actually, I managed to get your contact details online on my desperate
search for a reliable and trustworthy person to assist me and you can
contact me on my private email [mariabernhard1950@gmail.com ]

I wait to hear from you for further information. Thanks and Remain Bless.
Mrs. Maria Bernhard

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