419 scam: "Judith Williams"<judithw117722@williamshome.org> Mrs Judith williams

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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:
- "dear friend" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.

Fraud email example:

From: "Judith Williams" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <judithw173@yahoo.com>
Date: Thu, 11 May 2017 06:44:57 +0100
Subject: Mrs Judith williams

Dear Friend,

My name is Mrs Judith williams am 75yrs old of age, I stay in new york
city, USA.I am a good merchant, I have several industrial companies
and good share in various banks in the world. I spend all my life on
investment and coporate business. Along the way, I lost my husband
and two beautiful kids in a fatal accident that occoured in November
5th 2013.

After the inccident that took away my husband and two beautiful kids,
people ran away from me and now I realised that it's because of my
greedy I dont care about people before. Later in the year 2014 I was
sent a letter of medical check up from United Kingdon. My personal
Doctor testify that I have a lung cancer, which can easily take off my
life soon. I found it uneasy to survive myself, because a lot of
investment cannot be run and manage by me again. Presently I am in
United Kingdon for treatment because I dont know how long I am going
to stay again. I quickly call up a pastor/prophet to give me positive
thinking on this solution. He advised and minister to me to share my
properties ,wealth, to motherless baby/orphanage homes/people that
need money for survivor and for future raising. So I made up my
mind to follow the instructions. I am writing this letter to
people who really need help to contact me urgently. I have made
available preparation to share the funds in various banks in the worl

Please contact me and stop weeping. probably the little you can get
from me will improve your living. Let me know what you really need the
money for, and if you can still help me to distribute money to nearest
orhanage homes, feel free to contact me or you give me their contacts
so that I can reach them. May you be blessed, as you reach me. Please
to remind you, dont belongs to scammers or any act of fraudlent on
internet. I will give more information to you as I await your response
immediately.

Best Regards
Mrs Judith scott williams

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