419 scam: "Mrs. Floxy Joseph"<joseph@ucla.edu> Thank You and God Bless You richly!

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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:
- "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)
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.

Fraud email example:

From: (sent from abused email account)
Reply-To: <mrsfloxyjoseph@outlook.com>
Date: Fri, 28 Apr 2017 14:52:31 +0200
Subject: Thank You and God Bless You richly!

My name is Mrs. Floxy Joseph, I am 72 yrs old .I am a, nationality
HOLLAND.I'm married to Deutsch (a GERMANY) Mr. Louise Joseph who
worked with the national Oil company in Mexico,and Qatar before he died in a
plane crash in 2013 with other passengers aboard.
immediately after the death of my husband i took ill now my husband has
left me with everything
he worked for and now the doctors told me I will not live longer
than some weeks because of my health, I decided to WILL / donate the
sum of $ 21,900,000 (Four million, Nine hundred thousand dollars) to you
for the good work of humanity, and also to help the motherless and
less privilege in some some part of War zones in the World and also
for the assistance of the widows.
I wish you all the best and may the good Lord bless you abundantly,
and please use the funds well and always extend the good work to
others. I will appreciate your utmost confidentiality in this matter
until the task is accomplished as I do not want anything that will
jeopardize my last wish Pls :. kindly get back to me so that we can
discuss more.Contact me through this email:mrsfloxyjoseph@outlook.com

Thank You and God Bless You richly!
Mrs. Floxy Joseph

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