419 scam: "JANE GRAY"<aaa@yahoo.com> Important message,very urgent

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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.
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.
- janegrayfoundation@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "JANE GRAY" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <janegrayfoundation@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 12 Apr 2023 06:49:55 -0700
Subject: Important message,very urgent

From: Mrs.Jane GRAY
Nuffield Health Cancer Centre
London
49 Parkside, London SW19 5NB, United Kingdom

Subject: Assistance and Trust needed

Reply-To:janegrayfoundation@gmail.com

Dear,

It’s my pleasure to have contact with you,based on the critical condition I find myself,though it’s not financial problem, but my health,you might have know that cancer is not what to talk about,i went through my diary and found your name and email.I am pretty sure we met when i was staying in Maryland before i relocated back to the UK because of my cancer ailment.

I am married to Mr. Smith Gray who worked with the United Kingdom embassy in Washington DC for nine years before he died in the year 2018.We were married for 35 years without a child. He died after a brief illness that lasted for five days.

Since his death I have been lonely and sick all the time, When my late husband was alive we deposited the sum of (Three million two hundred thousand dollars)in a bank in the United States .

Presently this money is still in the bank.We made this money available by selling our 2 properties in the United Kingdom and some other large stocks we have invested on over the years which yielded a lot of profit,our ho

Hoping to receive your reply.

Kindly send your response to my private email: janegrayfoundation@gmail.com

Lastly,Kindly do not discuss this issue with anyone,I want you to make it confidential until we finally get the funds released to you through my bank and accounting officer.Upon your response to help,we will discuss more on how the bank intends to allow my next of kin have access to my funds on their online banking and start making transfer.

Note: I am sending this letter to you and one other person i met in DC also,the first person to respond and agree to my terms and conditions on trust on how the money will be used will surely win my heart to do this for me.

Regards,

Nurse Christabel Brown

on behalf of Mrs.Jane GRAY

SEND YOUR REPLY TO MY PRIVATE EMAIL: :janegrayfoundation@gmail.com

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