419 scam: "MRS BECKY MARCUS" <becky.23@yahoo.co.uk> TRUST!!

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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: "MRS BECKY MARCUS" <becky.23@yahoo.co.uk>
Reply-To: <becky.estates@bluesash.net>
Date: Wed, 27 Apr 2011 06:22:51 +0800
Subject: TRUST!!

Hello friend,

You might not know the sender of this Mail but i got your E-mail when searching files on reputable
people online.I hope my email meets you well.I am Mrs Becky Marcus the wife of Mr Spencer Marcus.
I am married to Engineer Spencer Marcus an Englishman who is dead. When my late husband was
alive he deposited the sum of 9 Million(Nine Million Great Britain Pounds Sterling which were derived
from his vast estates and investment in capital market with a Bank In Asia,Presently,this money is still
with the online bank.My Doctor told me that I have limited days to live due to the cancerous problems
I am suffering from.

And now i have decided to donate the funds to you as a gift which comes from my husbands effort
to fund the upkeep of widows, widowers, orphans, destitute, the down-trodden, physically challenged children,
Hope to hear from you soon and God bless you.

Plesae get back to me at this e-mail:becky.estates@bluesash.net
Regards,
Mrs Becky Marcus

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