419 scam: Message <florenceicebet@gmail.com> Urgent Please i need your sincere and urgent reply

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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.
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.
- flortoyin444@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: Message <florenceicebet@gmail.com>
Reply-To: flortoyin444@gmail.com
Date: Fri, 7 Apr 2017 13:19:13 +0100
Subject: Urgent Please i need your sincere and urgent reply

Dear Good day,

I sent this mail praying for it to reach you in good health, since I
myself are in a very critical health condition in which I sleep every
night without knowing if I may be alive to see the next day. I am a
widow suffering from long time illness. I have some funds I inherited
from my late husband, my Doctor told me recently that I would not last
due to the illness. Having known my condition, I decided to donate
this fund to a good person that will utilize it the way i am going to
instruct herein. I need a very honest person who can claim this money
and use it for Charity works, for orphanages, widows and also build
schools for less privilege .

I accept this decision because I do not have any child who will
inherit this money after I die. Please I want your sincerely and
urgent answer to know if you will be able to execute this project, and
I will give you more information on how the fund will be transferred
to your bank account.

I am waiting for your reply and please reply to flortoyin444@gmail.com

Thank you,

Mrs Grace

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