419 scam: Nora Wilhelm <nwilh233@gmail.com> Good morning ,

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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 next of kin 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.
- nnora.wlh@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: Nora Wilhelm <nwilh233@gmail.com>
Reply-To: nnora.wlh@yahoo.com
Date: Wed, 20 Oct 2021 13:07:15 +0800
Subject: Good morning ,

Good morning,

Let me introduce myself and I apologize if my message came as a surprise.

I am Mrs. Nora Wilhelm, 23 years old, daughter of the late Mr. Russell
Wilhelm, from
Ivory Coast who was a gold merchant.

I found your profile and felt that I should explain my problem to you
if you are honest we move on. I have an inheritance fund worth â‚¬ 8.4
Million that my late father deposits with one of the main banks here
in Ivory Coast before he died in 2020 as a result of the
political crisis that occurred here in my country.

But the problem I am facing now is that my uncle threatened to kill
me, if I did not give him the certificate of deposit of funds, so i
have to flee our family home to a hideout for the safety of my life
and my future, please i need your help to introduce you to the bank
as my late father, business partner, i want the funds to be
transferred to his account there in your country for Investment
Objective and travel to your country to accompany you.

If you can help, come back to me.( nnora.wlh@yahoo.com ) for more details.

Yours sincerely.
Miss Nora Russell Wilhelm.

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