419 scam: "Mrs. Linda Nadya Arthur" <mrsarthurlinda221@gmail.com> Hello: Donation For You.

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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.
- mrsarthurlinda114@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Mrs. Linda Nadya Arthur" <mrsarthurlinda221@gmail.com>
Reply-To: mrsarthurlinda114@gmail.com
Date: Wed, 8 Sep 2021 12:09:28 +0100
Subject: Hello: Donation For You.

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How are you my dear?
Kindly allow me to introduce myself briefly, I am Mrs. Linda Nadya Arthur.
I'm from Indonesia but my husband is an Canadian,
and we live in the United Kingdom.
My husband died on August 21, 2018. While I was struggling with cancer
illness for a long time and my doctor said that the current situation
is not under control that I have few months to live.

Well my husband is a contractor (philanthropist) and before his death,
he secured/ completed a contract with the UK government's value $17.5
million dollar, but death took him away before the money was deposited
into my bank account.

However, before my husband death, he encouraged me to help the poor,
because since we got married, we were unable to have a child.

Dear please can you get back to me via below email for very important
discussion, I want to give some money out to poor people, orphanage
and widows through you.
I am looking forward to read again from you as soon as possible.
God bless you.
Mrs. Linda Nadya Arthur.
Email: (mrsarthurlinda114@gmail.com)

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