419 scam: "Mrs. Esther D. Parrboat"<GoodWorks@sbcglobal.net> Greeting To You111

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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.
The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
- ",500,000" (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)
- "your urgent reply" (scammers rush victims so they don't have time to think properly)
- "remain blessed" (scammers in West Africa like to use religious phrases)
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.
- mrsdparroat@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Mrs. Esther D. Parrboat" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <mrsestherparrboat@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 10 Feb 2022 13:46:18 +0200
Subject: Greeting To You111

-Greetings My Dear-

With honor and respect to you and your family, I am writing to you from the deepest part of my heart regardless of my situation in the hospital bed here; because you are my only hope.

This is importantly urgent as it is my reason of contacting you, but however; kindly reply quickly enough before anything happens to me. I have initially sent you massage twice to this particular email address in the past week but, I am yet to receive your reply. It will be good if you could kindly let me know whether this your email address is still active and working by replying to this message and the request I am making herein below, as it is very urgent.

Actually, the reason I tried severally to reach you is because, I am willing to DONATE and change my WILL to your names to benefit this sum of USD$30.5, Thirty Million, Five Hundred Thousand dollars ($30,500,000USD), for the help of the less privileged and I am Mrs. Deborah E. Parrboat from republic of Ireland, born in the state of Ohio-USA. I am legally married to Mr. Hilary Hendricks Parrboat, a South Africa citizen brought up in Switzerland, where we married and lived and my husband did his business for 18

Kindly and quickly do your best to get back to me as soon as possible once you received this message, because my health condition in the hospital here is critical and I do not have much hope to live longer as the doctors' reports have indicated. The cancer (leukemia) has overwhelmed my body and blood system. It is really critical and painful on me as I am speaking to you, I will be undergoing an intensive blood transfusion next week and I do not know my hope of surviving it, so please reply quickly for this project and transfer of the fund to be started immediately by the banker.

May the Grace of GOD Almighty be with you and your family as I wait for your quick response to this message providing your direct contact details of email address and phone numbers? Kindly reply quickly to this and equally call me if you can, please.

Email mrsdparroat@yahoo.com

Phone (+27-79-440-5094)

I wait for your urgent reply as you remain blessed.

Best Regards,
Mrs. Esther D. Parrboat.

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