419 scam: Mary Jane Kalloh <simomiriam@alice.it> REASON FOR WRITING YOU

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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.
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
This email lists mobile phone numbers. Use of such numbers is typical for scams because they allow criminals to conceal their true location. They can receive calls in an Internet cafe from where they send you emails, while pretending to be in some office.
- +22998473181 (Benin, probably a prepaid mobile phone)

Fraud email example:

From: Mary Jane Kalloh <simomiriam@alice.it>
Reply-To: mmjanee@yandex.com
Date: Tue, 15 Dec 2015 16:58:38 +0100 (CET)
Subject: REASON FOR WRITING YOU

Dear,
I am Mary Jane Kalloh married to Mr. Williams Kalloh, he was dealing on Gold
and Diamond, who died of cancer leaving me and my only son Ken who is 7 years
now, and before his death he deposited USD10.5 Million in one of the reputable
bank which I will disclose to you if you agree to help me.

Since the death of my husband, his brothers have been seriously chasing me
around with constant threats, trying to suppress me so that they might have the
documents of his landed properties and confiscate them. They have successfully
collected all his properties, yet they never stopped there, they told me to
surrender all bank accounts of my late husband, which I did, but I never
disclose to them of this deposit. Because my husband made the deposit in a
suspense fixed account with a clause attached to it for onward transfer into a
foreign account.

Now that the situation is becoming uncontrollable because of pressure on me
from the family members, which I will no longer like to take more risk staying
here with my only son who is just Seven year old, I am now soliciting for your
help to stand as my foreign business partner to receive the fund into your
account. You will help me to invest the money into real estate once I come over
there with my son.

So if you accept to be my partner to receive the fund in your account, get back
to me for more details. Call me: +22998473181

Thanks,
Mary Jane Kalloh

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