419 scam: Marima Ezequel <marima.ezequel@hotmail.com> From Marima Ezequel

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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:
- "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)
- "your humble assistance" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
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.
- marima.ezequel75@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: Marima Ezequel <marima.ezequel@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: Marima Ezequel <marima.ezequel75@yahoo.com>
Date: Wed, 5 Nov 2014 10:25:50 +0000 (UTC)
Subject: From Marima Ezequel

Â From Marima Ezequel,

My name is Marima Ezequel 21 years old Unfortunately, I 'm now an orphan as my mother died when I was 5year old. My father recently died of food poison in 2011. Since his death things has completely changed and my life became miserable. my uncle, accepted me in his house . At first, I was ok even though his wife was too hostile. She treates me as slaves in my uncle's house.

Presently she has influenced her husband and life is now like hell to me. They have changed my father's personal assets to their name. The way things is going I'm afraid that they might decide to kill me or poison me as they did to my father in order to inherit all that my father owns.

For safety, I decided to run away from the house. I'm now in a hidden place very far from the town. My purpose of contacting you is because I need to come to your country secretly so that my uncle will not know my whereabout. I have here some documents which my father gave to me secretly before he died in the hospital about his secret for the money which he deposited with finance company is $8.500,000.00 (Eight million Five Hundred Thousand United sate dollars) I have verified this with the Finance Company before contacting you.

I shall require your help to transfer this money to your country so that i will continue my education. Immediately after the transfer, I will come to live with you. I will give you every information you need after I hear from you. I am in a sincere desire of your humble assistance in this regards. Your suggestions and ideas will be highly regarded. I have plans to do investment in your country, like

1).TÃ©lÃ©communication
2).The Transport Industry
3).Five Star Hotel
4).Real Estate or other profitable investment.

If you can be of an assistance to me I will be pleased to offer to you 15% of the total fund. I await your soonest response. marima.ezequel75@yahoo.com

Best Regards.
Yours Sincerely
Marima Ezequel

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