419 scam: "Mrs. Deborah Kyle"<alessandro.zollo@i-csr.it> YOUR GOODWILL

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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.
This email message is a "dying widow" scam.

Fraud email example:

From: "Mrs. Deborah Kyle" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <jimmyng67@gmx.co.uk>
Date: Mon, 22 Apr 2019 22:58:52 +0800
Subject: YOUR GOODWILL

Sorry to invade your privacy, I am Mrs. Deborah Kyle the wife of Mr Angelo Kyle. My husband worked with Central Bank of Philippines for ten years before he died in the year 2012. When my late husband was alive he deposited sum amount of Money with a Bank in Singapore. Presently,this money is still with the Bank. I have been in a hospital in Philippines tryig to receive treatment right now, my doctor confirmed to me that I have just few time to live on earth due to my esophageal cancer. And we don't have a child or any trusted person for this reason, I am choosing you to receive this money on my behalf,and use it to help the less privilege. I am counting on fear of God in your heart to do this for me as a gusture of goodwill. Please hurridly reply me so that I would be able to furnish you with details and documents covering the fund deposit consequently enable you claim it and also with the bank information because there is no enough time for me.

Yours,
Mrs. Deborah Kyle

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