419 scam: "MRS CHRISTIANA DAVIS" <info@medical.com> "PLEASE READ"

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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.

Fraud email example:

From: "MRS CHRISTIANA DAVIS" <info@medical.com>
Reply-To: cristydavis421@gmail.com
Date: Mon, 31 Jan 2022 07:05:21 -0600
Subject: "PLEASE READ"

Very pleased to meet you! I'm Mrs. Christiana Davis, 52yrs widow from the UAE. Please, do you know any legitimate charity foundation that I can donate to? I hope to read from you as soon as you can so that I can tell you more about myself and send you more pictures of me. Well, I have lung cancer and my doctor told me I have some time to live on earth. So painful, my late husband was killed by a drunk truck driver on his way back home from work in 2020. That's why I am willing to seek a reliable person as my beneficiary that can help me distribute I and my late husband's life savings and investments for charitable purposes. 20% will be given to you as my beneficiary from the charity foundation fund which is $25,000.000.00 USD (Twenty Five Million Dollar) in the possession of the security company. I hope to read from you as soon as possible so that I can direct you to the security company where we deposited the fund for safe keeping. Thank You.

Yours sincerely,
Mrs. Christiana Davis.

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