419 scam: Kate Kate <marine.marine2918@gmail.com> Calvary Greetings,

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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:
- ",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)
- "00,000.00" (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: Kate Kate <marine.marine2918@gmail.com>
Reply-To: katek5135@gmail.com
Date: Fri, 1 Jul 2022 03:59:29 -0700
Subject: Calvary Greetings,

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Good Day,

My name is Mrs. Kate; I am very sorry if you are embarrassed by my
mail. I found your e-mail address in the web directory, and I have
decided to contact you for this humanitarian work, but if for any
reason you find this mail offensive, you can ignore it and do not
reply me. Please accept my apology. Please remember to always check
your inbox, spam or junk folders as you know network is very bad this
days, Please is not a hoax or spam mail.

I am an Esophageal Cancer patient, and presently hospitalized. My
doctor says I have a few months to live. I have been touched by God to
donate from what I have inherited from my late husband to you for good
work of God.

I will be going in for an operation soon. I decided to WILL/donate the
sum of $5,500,000.00 to you for the good work of God, to set up a
foundation for the orphanage, widows and other people around the
world.

Now I want you to stand as my next of kin to claim the funds for
charity purposes. Because of this money remains unclaimed after my
death, the bank executives or the government will take the money as
unclaimed fund and maybe use it for selfishness and worthless
ventures, I want you to claim this money and use it for Charity
works, for orphanages, widows and also build schools and churches for
less privilege that will be named after my late husband and my name.

I need your urgent answer to know if you will be able to execute this
project, and I will give you more information on how the fund will be
transferred to your bank account or online banking.I will provide you
more details information after knowing your willingness to handle this
funds.

Thanks and God bless.

Mrs. Kate

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