419 scam: "Belinda Richard Rainwater"<adrian.hernandez@diacril.net> Re: Hello Friend,

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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 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
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.
- belindarichard4real@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Belinda Richard Rainwater" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <belindarichard4real@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 8 Jan 2018 12:34:19 -0700
Subject: Re: Hello Friend,

Hello Friend,

My name is Belinda Richard Rainwater,I am a 16 year old daughter to late Mr. Richard Rainwater who died after suffering from a brain disease called Progressive Supra-nuclear Palsy for some years before he died. My late father use to be a billionaire that has different types of business investments in Canada,United Kingdom,Dubai Emirate and in West Africa.

Few weeks ago my mother was diagnosed of (leukemia) she is currently admitted at the (Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital) Accra Ghana and she requires an urgent medical attention of which the only means for us to lay hands on cash is to get the fund with the bank released as soon as possible.

Please, i need to know if you will be able to help us in claiming my inheritance(The fund) from the bank on my behalf for onward investments and for the tratment of my sick mother.

If you are interested please kindly get back to me via my private email address : (belindarichard4real@gmail.com)for more details.

I await for your immediate response.

Respectfully,

Belinda Richard Rainwater.

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