419 scam: Mrs Mary Jet <mary_jet1@yahoo.co.uk> HELLO,,

joewein.de LLC
fighting spam and scams on the Internet

Try our spam filter!
Free trial for 30 days

Home

About Us

Spam

419/Nigeria

Fraud

Contact

"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.

Click here to report a problem with this page.

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:
- "demurrage fee" (this will cost you money - be careful with upfront payments to anyone you only know through email, especially if they promise you a lot of money. NEVER send money by Western Union or MoneyGram to people you do not know personally - NO EXCEPTIONS! Instant wire transfer services are not meant to be used with strangers because they offer no protection against fraud. That is precisely why the criminals want you send money that way. )
- "demurrage " (this will cost you money - be careful with upfront payments to anyone you only know through email, especially if they promise you a lot of money. NEVER send money by Western Union or MoneyGram to people you do not know personally - NO EXCEPTIONS! Instant wire transfer services are not meant to be used with strangers because they offer no protection against fraud. That is precisely why the criminals want you send money that way. )
- "a security company " (this will cost you money - be careful with upfront payments to anyone you only know through email, especially if they promise you a lot of money. NEVER send money by Western Union or MoneyGram to people you do not know personally - NO EXCEPTIONS! Instant wire transfer services are not meant to be used with strangers because they offer no protection against fraud. That is precisely why the criminals want you send money that way. )
- "million 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)
This email message is a "dying widow" scam.

Fraud email example:

From: Mrs Mary Jet <mary_jet1@yahoo.co.uk>
Reply-To: maryjet43@yahoo.com.hk
Date: Wed, 27 Apr 2011 15:29:55 -0400
Subject: HELLO,,

Dearest

Assalamualaikum,

I offer my friendship, and my greetings, and I hope this letter meets you in good time. It will be surprising to you to receive this proposal from me since you do not know me personally.

I am Mrs. Mar Jet Amson from United Kingdom ( London ), I am 58 years old, born in Malaysia Kelantan and was offered to a Charity Home in London when I was 12years old. I am suffering from a long time cancer of the breast, from all indication my conditions is really deteriorating and it is quite obvious that I can't work or do any stressful thing, according to my doctors they have advised me that I may not live for the next two months, this is because the cancer stage has gotten to a very bad stage. I was brought up from a motherless babies home was married to my late husband for twenty years without a child.

My Husband (Robert Amson) died in a fatal motor accident before his death we were true Muslim. Since his death I decided not to re-marry, I sold all my inherited belongings and deposited all the sum of $5.6 million dollars with a Security Company in London .

Presently, this money is still with them and the management just wrote me as the true owner to come forward to receive the money for keeping it so long will attract a demurrage fees as the security fees paid by me has expired or rather issue a letter of authorization to somebody to receive it on my behalf since I can not come over because of my illness or they get it confisticated.

So instead of getting it confiscated I rather have someone whom I can trust to receive the funds and utilize it according to my Wishes. And the best part of it is, the security company told me in the letter that they can have the funds released to my approved person that was authorized by me or transferred to his bank account and if outside London , then transferred to his or her bank account.

Presently, I am using my laptop in the hospital in United Kingdom ( London ) where I have been undergoing treatment for my sickness. I have lost my ability to talk and my doctors have told me that I have only more 2 months to live. It is my last wish to see at least 60% of this money invested/donated to any organization/business of your choice and distributed each year among the charity organization, e.g. the poor homes, the motherless babies home where I came from, the deaf homes, and mosques etc.

All I seek for is someone who has fear for the Almighty Allah ,who will carry out my last wishes and before I emailed you today I prayed my spirit gave me the confidence to send you this email. I took this decision, before I rest in peace because my time will soon be up.

As soon as I receive your reply I will direct you to my personal Lawyer, He Is Presently Undergoing Seminal Research In Ireland, he does everything on my Behalf and he's a very understanding Person and I believe he will lead you according to my Instructions and ensure that you Receive this Fund Successfully.

Please send me the Below information

NAME:
ADDRESS:
AGE:
OPCCPATION:
TELEPHONE NO:

All I need from you is a confidential assurance that the funds when received by you will be used for the said purpose, Nowadays there are so much scams going on in the internet and it is difficult to trust but I Believe that the Almighty Allah will not direct me to a wrong person that will misuse this fund on a selfish interest.
Waiting for your reply.

Mrs. Mary Jet Amson

Anti-fraud resources:

What can you do when you receive 419 spam