419 scam: "Mrs. Lyn Guarin" <mm15@zaz.att.ne.jp> Hello: From Mrs. Lyn Guarin.

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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:
- "million 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.
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.
- mrslyn2013@yahoo.com.ph (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Mrs. Lyn Guarin" <mm15@zaz.att.ne.jp>
Reply-To: mrslyn2013@yahoo.com.ph
Date: Thu, 5 Dec 2013 0:43:04 +0900
Subject: Hello: From Mrs. Lyn Guarin.

Hello Dear,

My name is Lyn Guarin, The wife of Late Mr. Christopher Guarin, my husband was shot and killed
recently while driving home with me, and our only daughter, my late husband was an outspoken journalist and also publisher and editor-in-chief of the daily tabloid Newspaper in my country Philippine.

During my late husband death threats, he gave me the total sum of $US 7, million dollars for the up keeping/future of our only daughter and he ask me to deposit it in a Bank abroad of which i did.

Since the death of my late husband, the Philippine government has blocked all me and my late husband account and also my late husband family has succeed in collecting from me all the properties of my late husband, trying to leave me with nothing for the future of my daughter,

I am contacting you because I want you to help me in securing the money in the Bank for the future of my daughter.

Since my late husband family made it impossible for me to have access to calls or to move out of the house as they always monitor me. I am contacting you because I want you to help me in securing the money for the future of my daughter since the government and my late husband family is monitoring all my movement.

I hope to trust you as who will not sit on this money when you claim it. i will give you 20% of the total money for your assistance to me. if you are willing to help me and to take my daughter like your own. Reply Me(mrslyn2013@yahoo.com.ph)

Best regards
Mrs. Lyn Guarin

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