419 scam: "Mrs. Irene Kim"<aainaa072@gmmail.com> It is urgent, My health is deteriorating

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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.
- aainaa072@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Mrs. Irene Kim" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <aainaa072@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 1 Nov 2023 02:12:55 -0700
Subject: It is urgent, My health is deteriorating

Hello Friend,

I was compelled to write to you under humanitarian grounds.

With due respect and humility, I’m sincerely seeking your
confidence in this matter which I am about to propose with my
free mind and as a woman of integrity.

My name is Mrs. Irene Kim, I am a widow, I am terminally ill and
suffering from long time cancerous tumors, but now undergoing
medical treatment. And from all indications my condition is
really deteriorating and my doctors have courageously advised me
that I may not live all that long; this is because the cancer has
reached a critical stage.

I have some funds I inherited from my late loving husband, which
he deposited in a bank in Asia. I have decided to donate the
funds for a charity project in your town. I shall be undergoing
major operations in less than two weeks from now, and my doctor
has said in confidence that I only have a 35% chance to survive
these operations, due to my critical stage of the cancer.

I took this decision, since I don't have any child that will
inherit this fund, and I don't want my late husband’s hard earned
money to be misused.

If you assure me that you will use the fund for the intended
purpose, my heart will be at peace. I don’t know, but I believe
that God Almighty will work through you, because it is usually
through someone else that he meets our needs, charitable and
indulgent to everyone.

I await your response.

Yours truly,
Mrs. Irene Kim
Email: aainaa072@gmail.com

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