419 scam: "Mrs. Barbara M. Whitlam"<creis@racine.com.br> Attn Sorry for any inconvenience

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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:
- "is highly confidential" (scammers urge victims to keep the transaction secret because they don't want anyone to point out to them that it is a scam)
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.
- infomrsbarbara@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Mrs. Barbara M. Whitlam" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <infomrsbarbara@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 9 Oct 2018 14:53:05 -0700
Subject: Attn Sorry for any inconvenience

Dearest,

Sorry for any inconvenience i may cause to sending this mail to you, after seeing what is happening on the CNN world starvation i decided to do this in good faith. for I was passing through the internet looking for whom I entrust this there i found your profile on the net interesting. I am making this contact on trust and I believe you will not disappoint me. I am writing this letter to you based on the urgency of this matter. Well as you have known I am Mrs. Barbara M. Whitlam, I am a dying woman who had decided to donate what I have to the Charities. I am 69 years old and was diagnosed of cancer about four years ago, immediately after the death of my husband Mr. James P. Whitlam; I have been touched to donate from what I have inherited from my late husband for the good work rather than allow his relatives to use my husband's hard earned fund for they show no love and respect while he was arrive upon on he did for them all when i was newly married into the family. As I lay o
n my sick bed, I want you to help

God bless you as you read and reply me in confident this is highly confidential between us, reply so I will let you know my already program easy means to move this funds to you without any hitch or breach of law, is 100% free from trouble.

Please contact me here in my private mail for more details (infomrsbarbara@gmail.com)

Regards,
Mrs. Barbara M. Whitlam.

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