419 scam: Mrs Rachel Philips <insaniachusna@ymail.com> Dear Beloved 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:
- "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)
- "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)
- "your urgent reply" (scammers rush victims so they don't have time to think properly)
- "utmost confidentiality" (scammers urge victims to keep the transaction secret because they don't want anyone to point out to them that it is a scam)
- "god fearing " (scammers in West Africa like to use religious phrases)
- "calvary greetings" (scammers in West Africa like to use religious phrases)
- "remain blessed" (scammers in West Africa like to use religious phrases)
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.
- mrsrphilip@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: Mrs Rachel Philips <insaniachusna@ymail.com>
Reply-To: mrsrphilip@yahoo.com
Date: Fri, 12 Aug 2016 13:01:00 GMT
Subject: Dear Beloved Friend.

Dear Beloved Friend,

Calvary Greetings in the name of the LORD Almighty and Our LORD JESUS CHRIST the giver of every good thing. Good day
and compliments of the seasons, I know this letter will definitely come to you as a huge surprise, but I implore you
to take the time to go through it carefully as the decision you make will go off a long way to determine my future and
continued existence. I am Mrs Rachel Philip, aging widow of 45 years old suffering from long time illness.I have some funds
I inherited from my late husband, the sum of($15,200,000.00 Million Dollars)and I needed a very honest and God
fearing who can withdraw this money then use the funds for Charity works. I WISH TO GIVE THIS FUNDS TO YOU FOR
CHARITY WORKS. I found your email address from the internet after honest prayers to the LORD to bring me a helper
and I decided to contact you if you may be willing and interested to handle these trust funds in good faith before
anything happens to me.

I am sending this message to you praying that it will reach you in good health, since I myself are not in good health
condition in which I sleep every night without knowing if I may be alive to see the next day. I am suffering from long
time cancer and presently I am partially suffering from a stroke illness which has become almost impossible for me to
move around. I am married to my late husband for over 20 years before he died and is unfortunately that we don’t
have a child, my doctor confided in me that I have less chance to live. Having known my health condition, I want you
to use this money for Charity organizations, orphanages.

Moreover, my husband relatives are not close to me since I develop a cancer problem and it had been their wish to see me dead in order to inherit his wealth since we have no Child.

I accept this decision because I do not have any child who will inherit this money after I die. I want your urgent
reply to me so that I will give you the deposit receipt which the COMPANY issued to me as next of kin for immediate
transfer of the money to your account in your country, to start the good work of God, I want you to use the 40/percent
of the total amount to help yourself in doing the project. I am desperately in keen need of assistance and I have
summoned up courage to contact you for this task, you must not fail me and the millions of the poor people in our
todays WORLD.

This is no stolen money and there are no dangers involved,100% RISK FREE 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 confidentiality and trust in this matter to accomplish my heart desire, as I don't want anything that will jeopardize my last wish. Any delay in your reply may give me room to look for another good person for this same purpose. Please assure me that you will act accordingly as I stated herein. I don't need any telephone communication in this regard because of my ill-health.
Please kindly respond quickly for further details through my private e-mail address:(mrsrphilip@yahoo.com)

Thanks and Remain blessed,
Mrs Rachel Philip.

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