419 scam: "Mrs.Linda" <lindarail538@gmail.com> Dear Beloved,

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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:
- "dear beloved," (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
This email message is a "dying widow" 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.
- mrslindarail51@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Mrs.Linda" <lindarail538@gmail.com>
Reply-To: mrslindarail51@gmail.com
Date: Fri, 11 Mar 2022 00:43:21 -0800
Subject: Dear Beloved,

Dear Beloved,

Iâ€™m Mrs. Linda Rail, affected with breast cancer, the wife of late Mr.
Abaulkarim Rail who worked with Tunisia embassy in Ouagadougou Burkina Faso
West Africa he died in the year 2021.We were married for eleven years
without a child. He died after a brief illness that lasted for five days.

I am contacting you because of my health condition need a reliable person
who will handle this project of my late husband Mr. Abaulkarim Rail fund
deposit sum amount of money in bank of Africa before his died, accomplish
my heart desire and utilize this fund to donate the sum $10.5 with to
Charity Organizations or to support the Orphans, Motherless Babies, Less
privileged and free Medical & Medicine Poor People's around the World since
I don t have any child and do not want the bank take over the fund. I don't
really know if i am going to survive this stage, therefore if your ready to
handle this project, kindly respond so that i will give you the bank
contact to transfer the fund to your account.

Contact my private email only if you are interested (
mrslindarail51@gmail.com)

I shall be waiting for your kind Update

Mrs. Linda Rail

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