419 scam: "Katherine Luis"<kl7171@nocreo.net> DONATIONS TO CHARITY

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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)
- "a security company " (this will cost you money - be careful with upfront payments to anyone you only know through email, especially if they promise you a lot of money. NEVER send money by Western Union or MoneyGram to people you do not know personally - NO EXCEPTIONS! Instant wire transfer services are not meant to be used with strangers because they offer no protection against fraud. That is precisely why the criminals want you send money that way. )
- "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.
- klu7171@hotmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Katherine Luis" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <klu7171@hotmail.com>
Date: Fri, 7 Jul 2017 03:44:05 -0700
Subject: DONATIONS TO CHARITY

Dear Friend,

I am repented Christian now and God has put it in my mind to give out the rest of my money to Charity.

I was orphaned at the age of four and was raised in an orphanage. I married my late husband engineer for twenty years without a child. My husband had cardiovascular condition and died of a heart attack a few years ago. I am a strong believer and God fearing woman as my late husband. We live in UK for over 28 years, where my husband a petrochemical engineer by profession, worked and rose through the ranks to become a CEO of a multinational construction and oil service conglomerate, before his disappearance..

Unfortunate and surprising death of my husband is priceless, usually I decided not to remarry when my illness became terminal cancer.

Before the death of my husband, he deposited a security vault with a security company here in London for safe keeping, in the security vaults, it contains the sum of USD$10.5million, It's matured and the security company has called me to step forward to claim the vault, I cannot come to do so due to my illness here in London, And again, I'm with my laptop in the hospital where I have been undergoing treatment for cancer.

I have a close relative to bequeath all that my Husband and I worked for, as such, I decided to donate this funds to charity so that when I depart, my sole will be rest in peace for at least I have touched lives in a little way. I am soliciting for your help to claim the vault containing the money and help me donate to Charity organizations.

I do not know you in person but I will work with you on trust and I want you to understand that my real intention is to assist the needy and donate to the starved children, so I want you to consider this mission as a charity work/humanitarian which you are involved, so please be truthful and put in your best in this. I have decided to let you keep 30% of the total amount when you receive the money while you distribute the remaining 70% to charity organizations.

I will expect your reply as soon as possible so that I will let you know how this money is going to be moved to you.

Thanks and May God Almighty Bless you. Reply to: klu7171@hotmail.com

My regards,
Katherine Luis
Please reply only through my email address: klu7171@hotmail.com

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