419 scam: Miss Mirelle Edwige <mariam_mehdi12@yahoo.co.jp> Request for Assistance

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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 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.

Fraud email example:

From: Miss Mirelle Edwige <mariam_mehdi12@yahoo.co.jp>
Reply-To: Miss Mirelle Edwige <mirelleedwige@yahoo.com>
Date: Sun, 8 Jun 2014 02:01:20 +0900 (JST)
Subject: Request for Assistance

Request for Assistance

How
are you and your Family, i am sorry for bagging into your privacy, i am
Edwige Mirelle Raymond 22years old and the only child of my late parent
From Africa, please i am seeking for your assistance in retrieval and
transfer of my inherited fund to your country,(USD$ 11.500.000) dollars,
which my late family deposited with Bank i will Give you more details
of the fund deposit in my next mail.

Now I have decided to invest these money
in
your country or anywhere safe enough outside Africa for security and
political reasons. I want you to help me and transfer these Funds into
your personal account in your country for investment purposes on these
areas:

any of your choice that will profite us in return.
1)Telecommunications
2) Transportation Industry
3) five-star Hotel)
4)Estate management

If
you can be of an assistance to me, i will be pleased to offer to you
20% Of the total fund. I await your soonest response.with your
information details.

5.YOUR FULL NAMES
6.YOUR AGE /TELEPHONE /STATUS / AND COUNTRY

I wait for your reply for more information you might need and to disclose my position and more details about the fund .
Yours Sincerely,
Miss Edwige Mirelle Raymond

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