419 scam: Mrs Evelyn Williams <genuine@view.ocn.ne.jp> Greetings and God Bless You from Mrs.Evelyn Williams,

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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.
This email message is a "dying widow" scam.

Fraud email example:

From: Mrs Evelyn Williams <genuine@view.ocn.ne.jp>
Reply-To: Mrs Evelyn Williams <mrsevelyn.williams@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 4 Nov 2013 03:15:09 +0900 (JST)
Subject: Greetings and God Bless You from Mrs.Evelyn Williams,

Greetings and God Bless You from Mrs.Evelyn Williams,

With due Respect and Humanity I write to donate/ hand over this fund to you for orphanages and widows / less privileged and propagate the gospel of God(US$5.8M) Five million eight hundred thousand dollars deposited in a security firm in Ivory Coast by my late husband. I Mrs.Evelyn Williams, 68 years old without a child, married to late Engr.Ramsey Williams from Israel who worked with Oil company (PETROCI) Cote d'Ivoire before he died in the year 2010 after a Cardiac Arteries Operation, presently my doctor said I will not last for four months due to Colon Cancer, you are requested to send your full name, telephone and fax number with your resident address for the documentation process to transfer the fund to you without any hindrance and to accomplish our vow to God. Always pray for me daily.

Thanks and waiting to read from you soonest.
Remain Bless
Mrs.Evelyn Williams

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