419 scam: Felicia Lim <flim31443@gmail.com> I await your answer.

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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 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.
- flim31443@hotmail.com (Hotmail; can be used from anywhere worldwide)

Fraud email example:

From: Felicia Lim <flim31443@gmail.com>
Reply-To: almoltd81@gmail.com
Date: Sun, 7 Nov 2021 19:31:40 +0100
Subject: I await your answer.

Dearly beloved one in God

My name is Mrs. Felicia Lim, a farmer and gold/diamond merchant from
Singapore residing in the UK, I have been diagnosed with a terminal illness
at the critical stage and currently admitted in a private hospital. I am
given you this privilege not mainly on trust but for what a Man of GOD that
do pay me visit at the hospital told me when I explained to him my plans
for the less privileged, he gave me two options only if I want to receive a
greater reward in heaven and the first option was to hand the project to
somebody I have never seen or met and the second was to put the whole money
in a bag and drop it at any altar of God, with a written note on how I want
the fund to be used so that the unseen God will reward me bountifully when
I die. His idea was perfect but it was a very difficult task for me and it
will be difficult for someone I have never seen to believe this, later I
was convinced spiritually to do so and I decided to go with the first
option due to my health condition and present location. My doctor made it
clear that I will not survive the illness, but my quest to use the fund in
such a manner to help the poor prompted me to contact you via this medium. I
sincerely request your urgent answer to know if you will be available for
this service. Get back to me via my private email (flim31443@hotmail.com )

Thanks, and may God bless us all.

Yours Dearly, Mrs. Felicia Lim.

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