419 scam: MRS MATILDA YAO <ghkghkmmsis1478@yahoo.co.jp> MRS MATILDA YAO

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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.
The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
- "dear friend" (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.

Fraud email example:

From: MRS MATILDA YAO <ghkghkmmsis1478@yahoo.co.jp>
Reply-To: martin_yao1@yahoo.co.jp
Date: Fri, 23 Nov 2012 06:02:25 +0000 (GMT)
Subject: MRS MATILDA YAO

Dear Friend,

Having viewed your statue on-line which motivated me that you can be a trusted person, I am contacting you in respect to my late husbandâ€™s fund worth US 28Million deposited with a BANK IN UNITED KINGDOM, LONDON UK for safe keeping purposes. But right now my husband is dead and the financial firm has been giving me several notifications to make the claim of the said deposit.

I want a situation whereby I will present you as my Executor to the bank so that you assist me to make the claim of this fund from the financial firm so that it will be transferred to your custody pending my arrival with my only daughter to your country so that we can use it judiciously for investment purposes.

My only daughter will continue her education in your country upon our arrival once every arrangement as regards this transaction is concluded. I will be offering you 30% of the fund for your foreign assistance as long as you can help me out in carrying out this project effectively without insinuating greed and selfishness. I am contacting you in this respect for the below purposes,

1, To avoid awareness of my late husbands relatives because they would like to inherit it alone if I dare disclose it to them because they said that I do not have a male child for my late husband without considering the welfare of me and my only daughter.

2, To avoid awareness of Ivory Coast Republic Government about the fund since my husband was a former politician in Ivory Coast.

Once I receive your positive response, I will give you more details and the documents of the fund deposit for your confirmation to enable us proceed

Yours sincerely

Mrs Matilda Yao

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