419 scam: "MRS DORIS RED" <shariful@sknetworks.com.bd> Greetings in the name of God

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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:
- "dear friend" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
- "million united state 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)
- "united state dollar" (this email uses bad English)
- "god fearing " (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.
- mrsdorisred2016@hotmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "MRS DORIS RED" <shariful@sknetworks.com.bd>
Reply-To: mrsdorisred2017@hotmail.com
Date: Sun, 21 May 2017 22:59:15 +0600
Subject: Greetings in the name of God

Dear Friend,

Greetings in the name of God,Please let this not sound strange to you for
my only surviving lawyer who would have done this died early this year.

I prayed and got your email id from your country guestbook. I am Mrs Doris
Red 58 years old, and i am suffering from a long time cancer of the
lungs which also affected my brain.From all indication my conditions is
really deteriorating and it is quite obvious that, according to my doctors
they have advised me that i may not live for the next two months,this is
because the cancer stage has gotten to a very bad stage.

I was brought up from a motherless babies home was married to my late
husband for twenty years without a child,my husband! died in a fatal motor
accident Before his death we were true believers.Since his death I decided
not to re-marry,I sold all my inherited belongings and deposited all the
sum of 10 million United State dollars with a Bank.

Presently, this money is still with the bank and the management just wrote
me to come forward and claim my money because they have kept it for so
long or rather issue a letter of authorization to somebody to receive it
on my behalf since I can not come over because of my illness or they get
it confiscated.

Presently, I'm with my laptop in a hospital here in Switzerland where I
have been undergoing treatment for cancer of the lungs. My doctors have
told me that I have only a few months to live.It is my last wish to see
that this money is invested to any organization of your choice and
dist!attributed each year among the charity organization,the poor and !
the motherless babies home.

I want you as God fearing person, to also use this money to fund
church,mosque, orphanages and widows,I took this decision, before i rest
in peace because my time will soon be up.As soon as I receive your reply I
shall give you the contact of the Bank.I will also issue you a letter of
authority that will prove you as the new beneficiary of my fund.Provide
your information so that my lawyer will it to my bank account officer and
to enable me issue you a letter of authorization. FULL
NAMES:__________SEX: _____ AGE: ______MARITAL
STATUS:_______________COUNTRY: ______CONTACT ADDRESS:
________________________PHONE NO#___________FAX
NO#_________________OCCUPATION:______________ PLEASE contact me with the
above stated information via my private email address
mrsdorisred2016@hotmail.com HOPING TO HEAR FROM YOU SOON, AND ASSURE ME
THAT YOU WILL ACT ACCORDINGLY AS I STATED! HEREIN .

WAITING FOR YOUR REPLY.

YOURS IN CHRIST,
MRS. DORIS RED

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