419 scam: Lauren V Gilbert <awagaokolu@gmail.com> (no subject)

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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.
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.

Fraud email example:

From: Lauren V Gilbert <awagaokolu@gmail.com>
Reply-To: y76140622@gmail.com
Date: Tue, 24 May 2022 07:57:52 +0000
Subject:

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May God be with you

I apologize for intruding into your privacy, especially by contacting you
through this means for an important offer, how are you and your family over
there? My name is Lauren Victoria Gilbert. I want to donate my inheritance
to the less privileged people in the society. I live alone and have no
family, relatives or children presently. I lost my beloved husband and two
kids in a terrible car accident.I am suffering from Stomach Cancer and have
undergone a series of cancer treatments but to no avail, I am presently in
a special Government hospital for a cancer operation. After the test
result, my doctor said that I have a short time to live, for this reason I
got your email address on the internet and I am contacting you because I
have no option again. I save my personal money, the sum of USD 6.5Million
dollars in the Bank. Now that I have a short time to live, I want you to
stand as my representative in your country and build for people over there
in your city or help any orphanage home or poor people with my money. If
you can accept to be my representative then I will give you 30% of the
total amount as your commission and you will use the balance 70 % for the
project. Please I need an honest person who will take very good care of
this project. If you are capable of handling this project, then I will tell
you further steps to take. I suffer a lot in my life and I am very much
afraid of dying without knowing the destination of my property, I hardly
sleep at night and during the day because I do not want to die without
having donated all the property I have, otherwise I think it would be a
mess.
Hope to hear from you even if youâ€™re not interested.

Mrs Lauren Gilbert

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