419 scam: Christelle <lusettgole06@gmail.com> Hello

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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.
This email message is a "dying widow" scam.

Fraud email example:

From: Christelle <lusettgole06@gmail.com>
Reply-To: christelleadu@gmail.com
Date: Mon, 29 Jul 2024 08:03:08 +0000
Subject: Hello

Hello Dear
May the Lord be with you, I humbly request your attention
and listen to me carefully, My name is Ms. Christelle from Spain. I am 54
years old and married to Mr. William Adwa. we were Married 30 years before
he died in 2017.

We were married for 30 years without a child and he died after a brief
illness, and since his death I decided not to remarry due to my religious
belief and old age. When my late husband was alive he deposited the sum of
six million five hundred thousand euros (6.5 million euros) with a Bank
here. Presently this money is still in the custody of the Bank. Recently,
my Doctor told me that I would not last for the next four months due to my
cancer illness.

Having known my condition I decided to donate this money to
helpless and less privileged .

As soon as I read from you I will give you more details about this and how
to achieve this goal, and these funds in your
bank account, any delay in your reply may give me room to look for another
good person for this same purpose. Please assure me that you will act
accordingly as I stated above.
.

Thanks and Have a nice day!

Best regard
Mrs. Christelle

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