419 scam: Mrs Debry Goita<a.direccion@rossbach.com.mx> Dear Beloved

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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:
- "with your full names" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
- "may come to you as a surprise" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
- ",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)
- "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)
- "remain blessed" (scammers in West Africa like to use religious phrases)
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.
- goita.debry@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: Mrs Debry Goita<a.direccion@rossbach.com.mx>
Reply-To: goita.debry@gmail.com
Date: 20 Nov 2024 12:24:17 +0800
Subject: Dear Beloved

Hello bixnfleisch,
It is true that this letter may come to you as a surprise. Nevertheless, I humbly ask you to give me your attention and hear me well. My name is Mrs. Goita Debra. I am married to Mr. Anthony Debry who once worked with our Embassy in Hungary in the year 2002 and he also worked in an embassy in London for a period of 16 years before he died.
We were married for 25 years with a seventeen years old son before he died after a brief illness. Since his death I decided not to remarry due to my religious belief. When my late husband was alive he deposited the sum of USD$15,000,000.00 (Fifteen million United States American dollars) with a Bank. Currently this money is still in the custody of the Bank. My Doctor told me that I would not last for the next Recently Four months due to my cancer illness.
Having known my conditions, I decided to donate this money to a good person that will utilize this money the way I am going to instruct herein.
I want you to use this money for Charity organizations, orphanages, elderly people, widows, to build animal care clinics, free hospitals and schools for poor people that are in need. l took this decision because I have a seventeen years old child and he is very young. Moreover, my husband's relatives are not close to me since I developed Cancer and it had been their wish to see me dead in order to inherit his wealth. These people are not worthy of this inheritance. This is why I am taking this decision to contact you and donate this fund to you in order for you to use it for charity works.
As soon as I receive your reply, I will also issue a letter of authorization to the bank to transfer the funds to your account. I also want you to reply to this message with your full names, address and telephone number where I can reach you.
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 Remain blessed.
Yours faithfully,
Mrs. Goita Debry
goita.debry@gmail.com

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