419 scam: "Mrs.Janet Yaradua" <emefielegovcbn1120@gmail.com> OVERTURE

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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.
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.
- mrs.janetyaradua111@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Mrs.Janet Yaradua" <emefielegovcbn1120@gmail.com>
Reply-To: mrs.jy2020@gmail.com
Date: Wed, 25 Mar 2015 15:10:20 +0100
Subject: OVERTURE

Dear Good day!

I am Mrs. Janet Yaradua, the second wife of the late President Musa
Yaradua: "I am currently in the United States of America, I'm looking
for a good reliable person in your country particular assists and help
me pass this very fund of $15.5 million of my money which i lodged in
Europe to country, this money was deposited in custody when my late
husband had been in power in 2010.My late husband died of cancer, and
the world knew about it, and this money is my last hope in my life to
take care of my four little children left behind by my late husband,
Mr.Yaradua,as soon as you reply to me, all the documents that were
used for the deposit of the fund with security company will be change
in Your name and favor. and as soon as the fund gets to you I would
like you to advice me on what business to invest my

fund under your help or any country in which you want i offer you 20%
for assisting me in transfer of the fund to your account of the total
amount for assisting me in transferring this fund into your nominated
account. I want you to send me the full information

about your address so that we can . complete Column below
(1) Your full name
(2) your full address and your country.
(3) Your age
(4) Your occupation
(5) Your phone number and phone for easy contact.
(6) the name of your company or your name business

Mrs. Janet Yaradua
email me back to my direct response to: mrs.janetyaradua111@gmail.com

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