419 scam: "Mrs. Elizabetth Michel." <mrsmarianmichel16@aol.com> Greetings to you my dear,

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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.
The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
- "may come to you as a surprise" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
- "million 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)
- "your urgent reply" (scammers rush victims so they don't have time to think properly)
- "god fearing " (scammers in West Africa like to use religious phrases)
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.
- elizabetth.michel@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Mrs. Elizabetth Michel." <mrsmarianmichel16@aol.com>
Date: Sun, 24 Jul 2016 08:02:11 -0400
Subject: Greetings to you my dear,

Greetings to you my dear,

Calvary gretings in the name of our lord the word cretor
i knw this letter may come to you as a surprise, but I beseech you to

take your time and go through the content carefully as the decision

you may take will go off a long way to save souls. I am Mrs.

Elizabeth Michel aging widow of 67 years old suffering from long time

cancer. I took a certain decision of disposing my inherited fund (US

$8.5 million dollars) for charity. And I needed a very honest and God

fearing who can withdraw this money then use the funds for Charity

work. My contact to you is to entrust the fund to you for the purpose

of heading the charity work.

I found your email address from the event calendar of the year and

after some prayers to the LORD, i decided to contact you if you may

be willing and interested to help, handle the fund in good faith for

the sake of less privilege around you.
my husband people are after his money that is why the killed him,i

know they may be the cost of my illness but my god will fight for

me,that is why i want the money to be use for charity works before

anything happens to me

I uphold this decision because I do not have any child who will

inherit this money after I die. I want your urgent reply so that I

will serve you with necessary information and the deposit slip which

the bank issued to me as next of kin to the money.

Really I summoned courage to contact you with faith that you will not

fail me because I am keenly in need of your assistance. I proposed of

disposing 30 percent of the total money for yourself. You must

neither fail me nor fail millions of less privilege outside there.

This is no stolen money and there are no dangers involved with full

legal proof. Please if you would be able to use the funds for the

Charity works kindly let me know immediately. I will appreciate your

utmost confidence and trust in the accomplishment of the charity work

as I don't want anything that will jeopardize my last wish. I will

appreciate your quick reply.

respond me With my private email (elizabetth.michel@yahoo.com)

God bless you,
Mrs. Elizabetth Michel.

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