419 scam: justina <justina_donaldson@hotmail.com> (no subject)

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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:
- "hundred thousand united states 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 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.

Fraud email example:

From: justina <justina_donaldson@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: justina_df1@yahoo.com
Date: Wed, 20 Mar 2013 21:52:39 +0000 (GMT)
Subject:

>From Mary Nelson Funsua.

My Dear,

Compliment of the day,I am the Mary Nelson Funsua,.... and I

have a business proposal for you which i hope you will find interesting

and if you are willing to be a business partner to assist me to secure

out some amount of funds from a fix bank account.

I must confess my agitation is real,And It is on this note that I

contacted you for a partnership, all I needed from you is your full

support and trust to assist me to secure some amount of funds my late father

deposited in a fix deposited account with the his name before he passed away.

He intentionally deposited the funds secretly with his name to avoid any eyebrow from the Government not to know anything concerning the funds.

If you are interested to handle this transaction (Funds) into a foreign

bank account in any part of the world for further investment kindly reply back to me for further details:

I'll advice you respond to this proposal for me to forward you more details

concerning myself and of the funds. the said amount is (U.S. $ 9,500.000 )

(Nine million Five hundred Thousand united states dollars)

I am compensating you with 30% of the total fund as your share immediately

the funds is secured into a foreign account and any expences that might come out during the time of the transfer. Please I do not expose myself to anybody and I believe that you will be able to keep this transaction confidential to avoid my Uncles to know about it and of my way about because they are the people the killed my parents and took every belonging i inherited from my late parents away from me.

Kindly mail me back immediately you receive this message for more details.

Your's Sincerely,

Mary Nelson Funsua.

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