419 scam: "Mrs. Pauline MacMillan Keinath." <southpacificasiaglobal@gmail.com> Get back to me immediately.

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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:
- "i will like you to " (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
- "million us 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)
- ",000,000" (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)
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.
- ioffice22@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Mrs. Pauline MacMillan Keinath." <southpacificasiaglobal@gmail.com>
Reply-To: ioffice22@yahoo.com
Date: Fri, 13 Jan 2023 04:24:02 +0100
Subject: Get back to me immediately.

My beloved,

My name is Pauline MacMillan Keinath, i was born in July 31, 1934 in
Hennepin County, Minnesota in the United states of America. I am a
great-granddaughter of William Wallace Cargill, the founder of
Cargill, the largest private company in the US. I am an American
billionaire heiress. I am 88years old; i am very old and weak. I am
currently hospitalized due to my health problem that have been
deteriorating for the past 2 months. Unfortunately, My doctor
diagnosed me last week and the doctor's report shows that i have only
six weeks to live.

I inherited the total sum of $5.8 billion from my family. Out of this
$5.8 billion (Five Billion Eight Hundred Million US Dollars) I have
donated the sum of $5,790,000,000USD (Five Billion Seven Hundred and
Ninety Million US Dollars) to some various organizations which
includes Churches, schools, NGO's and charity organization. Now, I am
donating the sum of $10,000,000USD (Ten Million US Dollars only) to
you and your family as a gift which is the total money that is
remaining.The reason why i have decided to donate this fund is
because i wouldn't like the security company where i currently
deposited this fund to inherit the money, whereas the money could be
used to help mankind and the needy people in the society.

According to the medical report last week, i have been told by my
doctor that I just have 6 weeks to live, and that is why i have
decided to make this donation. I will like you to confirm more about
me by clicking or visiting this link/web page hereunder:

https://explodingtopics.com/blog/richest-women

https://dbpedia.org/page/Pauline_MacMillan_Keinath

All you need to do is to get back to me via my personal email
(ioffice22@yahoo.com) with your complete name
& the name of your country so that i can provide you more information
on how the money will be paid to you.

Get back to me immediately.
Yours sincerely,
Mrs. Pauline MacMillan Keinath.

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