419 scam: "Mrs. Mary Saleh Galal" <mrsmarygalal55@hotmail.com> Dear friend,

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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.
The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
- "dear friend" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
- "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)
This email message is a "dying widow" scam.
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.
- mrsmarygalal@hotmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Mrs. Mary Saleh Galal" <mrsmarygalal55@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: mrsmarygalal@hotmail.com
Date: Sat, 5 Jun 2010 22:11:19 +0100 (BST)
Subject: Dear friend,

Dear friend,

I greet you in the name of God Almighty. I am Mrs. Mary Saleh Galal a
widow to Late Dr. Mohamed Galal a businessman from Egypt. I am presently
residing in Africa.

I am an old woman of 63 years suffering from cancer. From all indications,
my condition is really deteriorating and it is quite obvious that I may
not live long, because the cancer stage has gotten to a very severe stage
as confirm by medical experts.

I lost my husband and my two beautiful kids through a Greek aircraft crash
which all the 121 people on board a Cypriot airliner died after it plunged
into a hill near Athens after an apparent drop in cabin pressure as
reported and confirmed by BBC News on Sunday the 14th day of August, 2005.
Please visit the website below for your verification =
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/4150312.stm

my late husband was very wealthy and after his death, I inherited all his
business and wealth. My personal physician told me that I may not live for
so long and I am so scared about this. So, I now decided to donate part of
this wealth through you to the less privileged people and handicapped ones
in the society anywhere in the world you may live.

I selected you for this Purpose and prayed over it, I am willing to donate
the sum of $7,300,000.00 (Seven Million, Three Hundred Thousand US Dollars
to you for the development of the well being of handicapped people in the
society and also as an aid for the less privileged around your country,
and I have mapped out $1,700,000.00 for your own personal use as the
executor of this great project.

Please note that, this fund is deposited in my Domiciliary Account with a
Bank. Therefore, I will forward to you immediately an application for the
transfer of the money in your name or company name as the owner and
beneficiary of the fund, which you will complete and send to the Bank.

Please, do not reply me if you have the intention of using this whole fund
for personal use other than as I have specified above. I want any
Organization, or an individual, that will use this gift which comes from
my sweat to fund the upkeep of widows, widowers, orphans, destitute, the
down-trodden and physically challenged children.

Lastly, I want you/your home to be praying for me regarding my health
because I have come to find out since my spiritual birth lately that
wealth acquisition without God, one's life is vanity upon vanity.

Please you can reach me through my alternative email ID:
mrsmarygalal@hotmail.com

I await your reply.

Mrs. Mary Saleh Galal

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