419 scam: "Mrs. Angelina Keith" <angelina.keith@gala.net> MY Last WILL..

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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:

The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
- "clearance certificate" (this will cost you money - be careful with upfront payments to anyone you only know through email, especially if they promise you a lot of money. NEVER send money by Western Union or MoneyGram to people you do not know personally - NO EXCEPTIONS! Instant wire transfer services are not meant to be used with strangers because they offer no protection against fraud. That is precisely why the criminals want you send money that way. )
- "certificate fee" (this will cost you money - be careful with upfront payments to anyone you only know through email, especially if they promise you a lot of money. NEVER send money by Western Union or MoneyGram to people you do not know personally - NO EXCEPTIONS! Instant wire transfer services are not meant to be used with strangers because they offer no protection against fraud. That is precisely why the criminals want you send money that way. )
- "clearance certificate" (this will cost you money - be careful with upfront payments to anyone you only know through email, especially if they promise you a lot of money. NEVER send money by Western Union or MoneyGram to people you do not know personally - NO EXCEPTIONS! Instant wire transfer services are not meant to be used with strangers because they offer no protection against fraud. That is precisely why the criminals want you send money that way. )
- "are expected to pay " (this will cost you money - be careful with upfront payments to anyone you only know through email, especially if they promise you a lot of money. NEVER send money by Western Union or MoneyGram to people you do not know personally - NO EXCEPTIONS! Instant wire transfer services are not meant to be used with strangers because they offer no protection against fraud. That is precisely why the criminals want you send money that way. )
- "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)
- "courier service" (Courier companies mentioned in 419 scams are always fake. They will have you send money to them, but won't deliver anything. )
- "courier company" (Courier companies mentioned in 419 scams are always fake. They will have you send money to them, but won't deliver anything. )
- "cheque " (Beware of any scheme that involves cashing checks or money orders and then wiring a portion of the funds somewhere - you'll be liable for the entire amount if the checks or money orders turn out to be fake, even after you have received and forwarded cash. If it's a lottery prize, remember that real lotteries do not pay large prizes by check. They wire the money directly to your bank account and you do not pay for that. Many scammers promise a large check only in order to then demand payment of courier fees for a fake courier service. )
- "mrrichardgreg@dhlglobalexpress.biz" (this email address has been used in a known scam)
- "angelina.keith@gala.net" (this email address has been used in a known scam)
This email message is a next of kin scam.
This email lists mobile phone numbers. Use of such numbers is typical for scams because they allow criminals to conceal their true location. They can receive calls in an Internet cafe from where they send you emails, while pretending to be in some office.
- +447035953474 (UK, redirects to a mobile phone in another country)

Fraud email example:

From: "Mrs. Angelina Keith" <angelina.keith@gala.net>
Date: Wed, 26 May 2010 13:52:29 +0300
Subject: MY Last WILL..

Greetings !!

Am sure this mail would be coming to you as a surprise since we have never met
before and you would also be asking why I have decided to chose you
amongst the
numerous internet users in the world, precisely I cannot say why I have chosen
you but do not be worried for I come in peace and something very positive is
about to happen to your life right now and to the lives of others
through you if
only you can carefully read and digest the message below.

Before I move further, permit me to give you a little of my biography,I am
Mother Angelina Lucy Keith, 87 Years old woman and the wife of Late Sir Keith
Abery who died in a Plane crash on Monday the 7th of September 1998
GMT 14:22 UK
while they were flying from New York to Geneva. Please see site below for more
information.

http://www.cnn.com/WORLD/9809/swissair.victims.list/index.html

After the death of my husband I became the Head of his investment and
now that I
am old and weak I have decided to spend the rest of my life in my
Ranch before i
finally leave the world, but before the death of my husband we had a
plan to use
the last days of our lives to donate half of what we have worked for
to the less
privilege and charity homes and the other half for ourselves, family
members and
close friends, audit is so unfortunate that my husband is not alive
today to do
this with me and I am very weak and old now,hence I have decided to do this
philanthropic work on behalf of my late husband.

Presently, I have willed out almost half of our assets to several
charity homes
and to some of the less privilege in different countries. Despite the
agreement
between my late husband and I to give aid to the deprived, we also agreed to
render support to an individual we have not meet before in life due to
the fact
when we were still young in life we receive an anonymous help from an
individual
we did not know and which we have not being able to know till date, the impact
we got from such gesture made us to do same.

Iam sorry to inform you that you will never have the chance to know me
because I
have just concluded the assignment which my husband and I have agreed upon
before his sudden death and you happened to be the beneficiary of our
last WILL,
hence I need you to do me a favor by accepting our offer.

I deposited some fund in the sum of £1,800,000.00 (One Million Eight Hundred
Thousand British Pounds) with DHL UK four weeks ago to deliver to you,
but i was
very ill so i could not send you an email until today. what you have to do now
is to contact the DHL COURIER SERVICE UK as soon as possible to know when they
will deliver your package to you.

For your information, I have paid for the delivering Charge, Insurance Premium
and Clearance Certificate Fee of the Cheque showing that it is not a
Drug Money
or meant to sponsor Terrorist attack in your Country You have to
contact the DHL
EXPRESS UK now for the delivery of your cheque with this information bellow;

Contact Person: Mr. Richard Greg
Email Address: mrrichardgreg@dhlglobalexpress.biz
Phone: +44-703-595-3474

Again,you are not to pay for the delivering Charge, the Insurance premium and
the Clearance Certificate Fee of the Cheque because I have already paid for
them, the only money you are expected to pay is £160 British Pounds for the
security keeping of the cheque so far.

I would have paid the fee but the company insisted that I should not because
they don't know when you will be contacting them and to avoid demur rage or
further cost.You are to reconfirm the below information to them to avoid any
mistake on the Delivery.

1. Postal address:
2. Full Names:
3. Direct telephone number:
4. Age:

Below is the security keeping code: (SCT/0433/F) for your draft, you
are to also
present it to them for verification before delivery.Please, try to
contact them
as soon as you receive this mail to avoid any further delay.

Be also notified that I will no longer be reading my emails or surfing the
internet as I have retired completely from the outside world to my ranch, at
this moment I have nothing to do with cars, emails and other luxuries, all
further correspondence should be forwarded to the courier company for the
delivery of your cheque to you.

Yours Faithfully,
Mrs. Angelina Keith
angelina.keith@gala.net

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