419 scam: "Mrs. Anna H. Bruun" <contact@dree.com> GREETINGS TO YOU MY 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:
- "million dollars" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
This email message is a "dying widow" scam.

Fraud email example:

From: "Mrs. Anna H. Bruun" <contact@dree.com>
Reply-To: mrsannabruun9@gmail.com
Date: Tue, 15 Dec 2020 08:51:00 -0800
Subject: GREETINGS TO YOU MY FRIEND

Greetings to you:

My Name is Mrs. Anna H. Bruun, from Norway. I know that this message will be a surprise to you. Firstly, I am married to Mr.Alexander Bruun, A gold merchant who owns a small Gold Mine in the USA. He died of Cardiovascular Disease in mid-March 2019. During his lifetime he deposited the sum of $ 7.5 Million Dollars) Seven million, Five hundred thousand Dollars in a bank in California United States. The deposited money was from the sale of the shares, death benefits payment and entitlements of my deceased husband by his company.

I am sending this message to you praying that it will reach you in good health, since I am not in good health in which I sleep every night without knowing if I may be alive to see the next day. I am suffering from longtime cancer and presently I am partially suffering from a stroke illness which has become almost impossible for me to move around. I was married to my late husband for over 6 years before he died but unfortunately we don't have a child, my doctor confided in me that i have less chance to live. Having known my health condition, I decided to contact you to claim the fund since I don't have any relation because I grew up from the orphanage home.

I have decided to donate what I have to you for the support of helping Motherless babies/Less privileged/Widows' because I am dying and diagnosed with cancer about 2 years ago. I have been touched by God Almighty to donate from what I have inherited from my late husband to you for good work of God Almighty. I have asked Almighty God to forgive me and i believe he has, because He is a Merciful God I will be going in for an operation surgery soon

This is the reason i need your services to stand as my next of kin or an executor to claim the funds for charity purposes. If this money remains unclaimed after my death, the bank executives or the government will take the money as unclaimed fund and maybe use it for selfish and worthless ventures, I need a very honest person who can claim this money and use it for Charity works, for orphanages, widows and also build schools for less privilege that will be named after my late husband and my name; I need your urgent answer to know if you will be able to execute this project, and I will give you more information on how the fund will be transferred to your bank account.

Thanks
Mrs. Anna H. Bruun.

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