419 scam: merian franck <merianfranck04@gmail.com> WHY ME

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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:

The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
- "i will like you to " (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
- "death certificate" (this phrase is often used in inheritance scams such as next of kin or https://www.419scam.org/419-murdered-businessman.htm">orphan scams. )
- "trunk box" (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)
- "abidjan" (a location commonly mentioned in 419 scams)
This email message is a orphan scam.
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.
- merianfranck@gmail.com (Gmail/GoogleMail; can be used from anywhere worldwide)

Fraud email example:

From: merian franck <merianfranck04@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 26 Aug 2014 11:24:06 +0000
Subject: WHY ME

Good Day,

I saw your profile today and here is my private email address(
merianfranck@gmail.com) I would like to establish a long lasting
relationship with you,

How is everything over there? I believe that you are in good health.
my name is Miss Merian Franck, i am 22 years old, but age doesn't
matter in a real relationship, so i am comfortable with your age,I'm
from abidjan cote d'ivoire in Wast Africa, 5.3ft tall, fair in
complexion, single never married.

I lost my parents when i was young, they died during the political
crisis in my country here and the Government and Rebel Movement are
presently fighting over here.

please go through this site and see how people die in my country and
how the bad people called rebels kill my
parents:http://news.abidjan.net/p/56782.html

Me and my little brother is the only person alive in my family. He is
14 years old. Dear, Trust is something we cannot buy but we can build,
I wish to build an everlasting relationship with you by trusting you
to help me.

I don't have any relatives now whom i can go to, all my relatives ran
away in the middle of the war the only person i have now is my little
brother.

I am putting the whole of my trust on you without fear, though i don't
know who you are before, but i believe that you can not betray me.

I have my late father's statement of account and death certificate
here with me which i will send to you latter,because when he was alive
he deposited some amount of money in a Social Security Company Sealed
inside a trunk box deposited as family valuable which he used my name
as the next of kin.

I kept this secret to people,i will like you to keep it to yourself
and don't tell it to anyone because i am afraid of loosing my life and
the money if people gets to know about it. why i needed your
assistance in this transfer and after it you will help me to invest it
into a good business that will bring profit for me and you in future,
i will spend all the rest of my life with you in your country.

i am giving you all this information due to the trust i have on you.
Write to me for more explanations.

Thanks
>From Miss Merian

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