419 scam: "Mrs. Martha Williams"<freon4777@yahoo.com> THANK 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.

Fraud email example:

From: "Mrs. Martha Williams" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <customerscareservice@bitscn.net>
Date: Wed, 29 Jun 2016 00:02:43 +0100
Subject: THANK YOU

Hello.....,

I deemed it respect and honor to write this mail to you. I am Mrs. Martha Williams a citizen of Ghana. I have in my bank the existence of a big amount of money that belongs to a customer, Dr Dean James. who happen to have the surname as yours. The fund is now without any claim because Dr Dean died in a deadly earthquake in Jawa, Indonesia. I want your cooperation so as to make the bank send you the fund as the beneficiary and next of kin to the fund.

This transaction will be of a great mutual assistance to us. Send me your reply of more interest so that I will give you the details and also give you the deposit certification of the fund and the statement of the account showing the date and the year the funds was deposited in my bank,

At the receipt of your reply, I will give you details of the transaction.

i wait to for urgent reply so that i will send you more details for you to read and understand very clear

Best Regard's,

Mrs. Martha Williams.

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