419 scam: "Mrs. Josephine MICHEAL GEORGE" <yahoodataoffice@gmail.com> -- My beloved, I am Mrs Josephine MICHEAL GEORGE

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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)
- "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)
- "00,000.00" (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)
- "remain blessed" (scammers in West Africa like to use religious phrases)
This email message is a "dying widow" 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.
- mrsjmg_mrsjmg@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Mrs. Josephine MICHEAL GEORGE" <yahoodataoffice@gmail.com>
Reply-To: mrsjmg_mrsjmg@yahoo.com
Date: Fri, 12 Jun 2015 10:39:15 +0000
Subject: -- My beloved, I am Mrs Josephine MICHEAL GEORGE

--
My beloved,
I am Mrs Josephine MICHEAL GEORGE ,a widow to late Mr. MICHAEL GEORGE, and
suffering from long time cancer of the breast. From all indication my
condition is really deteriorating and it is quite obvious that i might not
live more than two weeks, according to my doctor because the cancer has
gotten to a very worst / dangerous stage.

My late husband and my only child died last three years ago, his death was
politically motivated. My late husband was a very rich and wealthy business
man who was running his cocoa / timber plantation business in CÃ´te
d'Ivoire. After his death, i started managing all his business and wealth.
My late husband deposited Us$15.4 million dollars in one of the big bank in
this country Cote d'Iviore, he wanted to use the fund to expand his cocoa/
timber plantation business to other African countries before his sudden
death.

This fund is still in this bank till today, now that my doctors has advised
me that i may not live for more than two weeks because of sickness, i
decided to donate the sum of Us$15,400,000.00 ( fifteen million, four
hundred thousand united states dollars) for humanitarian work because i
cannot take this money to the grave.

I sincerely request for your assistance in this humanitarian work. I want
to transfer the fund to your bank account so that you will use 80% of the
fund to help the following people:

1, Motherless babies.
2, Widows.
3, Disable people.

The 20% of the fund is for you and your family, if you will accept to do
this humanitarian work. You will promised me that you will not disappoint
me when the fund will be transferred to your bank account there in your
country, and you will also assured me that you will use the 80% of the
money for the said purpose.

Reply to me urgently if you are interested in this transaction because any
delay to your response will give me a room to look for another reliable
person for the same purpose, hoping to hear from you. Please always pray
for me.I need you to signify your interest by replying to this email ,(
mrsjmg_mrsjmg@yahoo.com
<https://us-mg5.mail.yahoo.com/neo/b/compose?to=mrsjmg_mrsjmg@yahoo.com> )

Remain blessed.
Mrs. Josephine MICHAEL GEORGE

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