419 scam: Mary Kvon <kvon.mar@yandex.com> From Miss Mary Kvon

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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:
- "transferred into your bank account" (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)
- "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.

Fraud email example:

From: Mary Kvon <kvon.mar@yandex.com>
Reply-To: Mary Kvon <kvonmary@yandex.com>
Date: Sat, 1 Nov 2014 18:57:02 +0000 (UTC)
Subject: From Miss Mary Kvon

Â Hello,

Good morning, I am sorry in telling you my experience because am an orphaned girl I felt emptying myself to you and to have confidence in you, My prayer's is that you find this mail in good health as i lost my parents because of political crisis in Cote D'Ivoire, I know that Internet has been greatly abused over the recent years and is very unsecured for vital information's.

My name is Mary Kvon a 17 Years old, I have decided to contact you seeing that no other means could have been faster and more efficient than the e-mail before my late father died he disclosed to me that he deposited the sum of $7.3 million dollars in a fixed deposit account which I am the next of kin.

Please my dear i humbly need your assistance to help me get this fund i inherited from my late father transferred to your bank account, for you to stand as my foreign guardian and invest the fund for me because of my little age and also to make an arrangement for me to join you over after the fund is been transferred into your bank account.

Yours Sincerely,

Mary.

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