419 scam: "mrskatherinewimston@t-online.de" <mrskatherinewimston@t-online.de> Please Respond Me!! Dear Faithful Respected 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:

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)
- "inheritance funds" (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: "mrskatherinewimston@t-online.de" <mrskatherinewimston@t-online.de>
Reply-To: "mrskatherinewimston@yahoo.fr" <mrskatherinewimston@yahoo.fr>
Date: Tue, 10 Apr 2018 18:52:00 +0200 (CEST)
Subject: Please Respond Me!! Dear Faithful Respected Friend.

Please Respond Me!!
Dear Faithful Respected Friend.

Greetings With due Respect and Humility, Dear Friend, I am Mrs. Katherine
Wimston, from Zimbabwe, but I am admitted in the hospital here in this
country of Cote d`Ivoire, Dear please I have something which I will like to
discuss with you, something very important. I want to make a pledge of
donation to support the less privilege of poor and needy people under your
supervision.

I am contacting you to let you know my desire to establish a charity
foundation in your country under your care with my inherited funds, I
contacted you because I was directed to sow this seed of faith to your
care, I decided to contact you after my prayer which I believe it is a
divine direction for me to contacted you.

I am already suffering from the lung Cancer before the death of my late
husband, Your humble and urgent response to this message will be needed as
an honest person and I will be happy and satisfied if you will not
disappoint me after my Inheritance funds is been release and transfer to
your country from the depository Bank,

Please do not hesitate to get back to me urgently for more details that I
have to discuss with you in this orphanage proposal. looking forward for
your urgent response, best regards and have a pleasant moment,

Yours sincerely,
Mrs. Katherine Wimston.

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