419 scam: "st.martin david" <fr.martindavid@gmail.com> From Grace Stephens

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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.
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 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.
- graceste822@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "st.martin david" <fr.martindavid@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 27 Dec 2021 09:59:14 -0800
Subject: From Grace Stephens

From Grace Stephens

My Dear Sir,

This letter is strictly confidential and personal to you. Forgive my
unusual manner of contacting you, but this particular letter is of
exceptional and very private nature. I am writing this mail to you
with heavy tears in my eyes and great sorrow in my heart, it's true we
do not know one another but My spirit led me to write this message to
you.

I am Grace Stephens from United States of America and my contacting
you is divinely connected. I am a widow and writing this email from
hospital. Having been a cancer patient here for over 2 years in USA,
now I have been tested positive to the Corona-Virus few weeks ago and
the doctors have told me clearly that I will not survive this disease,
that I have just little time to live on Earth, So I decided to invest
my late husband fund (US$7.5 Million Dollars) into Motherless Babies
Foundation, for charity use in your Country.

I need an honest and sincere Individual or a cooperate organization
that will use the fund for work of humanity, My late Husband made me
to understand that it is good to remember the orphanage home the
widows and the poor in need. I took this decision because I don't have
any child that will inherit this money after I die and does not
American Government to inherit it for their selfish interest, hence
they could not provide adequate cure for COVID-19.

My mind and spirit led me to donate this fund to you so that you could
use it wisely to help the needy, the Widows and the Motherless Babies
over in your country.

Please, all I need from you is your utmost honesty and sincerity only
to help me achieve this dream and project in your Country as my last
wish; kindly contact me if you are interested and capable to handle it
perfectly and if you are not capable, do not bother to respond.

I am very serious about this and it's very urgent because of my life
is short and I do not know when death will come; Expecting your prompt
response for more details via my private email address:-
graceste822@gmail.com

yours sincerely,

Grace Stephens

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