419 scam: judith williams <judithwillaims10@msn.com> Peace be with you!!

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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.
The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
- "but i feel quite safe dealing with you" (almost true for the criminal trying to scam you - arrests of online criminals are rare)
- "liberia" (a location commonly mentioned in 419 scams)
This email message is a "dying widow" scam.

Fraud email example:

From: judith williams <judithwillaims10@msn.com>
Reply-To: <judithwilliams@religious.com>
Date: Tue, 24 Jan 2012 14:30:47 +0000
Subject: Peace be with you!!

Peace be with you!!
I apologize if the contents in this mail are contrary to your moral ethics which I feel may be of great disturbance To your personal life, but I feel quite safe dealing with you. Though this medium (Internet) has been greatly abused,
I choose to reach you through it because it remains the fastest, surest and most secured medium of communication.
However, this correspondence is purely private, and it should be treated as such. I am contacting you based on Trust and confidentiality I have reposed higher confidence in your ability to handle this matter perfectly for my sake.
I am serious minded person. I am the above named person from Liberia. I am married to Mr. Greg Williams who worked with Embassy here in Malaysia for nine years before he died in the year 2004 We were married for eleven years without
a child.He died after a brief illness that lasted for only four days. Before his death we were both born again Christian.
I married him because is a Christian why his people are Muslim

Since his death I decided not to re-marry or get a child outside my matrimonial home which the Bible is against. When my late husband was alive he deposited the sum of $9.Million (Nine Million U.S. Dollars) a financial Vault. Presently,

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