419 scam: mariam abdulahi <abouta25marine@gmail.com> Greetings to 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 "dying widow" scam.

Fraud email example:

From: mariam abdulahi <abouta25marine@gmail.com>
Reply-To: mariamabdu003@gmail.com
Date: Mon, 16 Jan 2017 10:53:39 +0100
Subject: Greetings to you

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Greetings to you,

I am Mrs. Mariam Abdulahi , 30yrs old wife to late Mr. Coulibaly
Abdulahi. i am suffering from long time cancer of the breast, and
from all indication my conditions is really deteriorating and it is
quite obvious that I might not live up to 3 months, according to my
doctors. This is because the cancer stage has gotten to a very bad
stage. we were married some years back without issue.

My late husband was very wealthy before his death, I inherited all
his business and wealth; Based on the doctors reports that I might not
live up to three months. My late husband's family intentions to allow
me die in this condition because i did not have issue with my husband
so they wanted to inherit my late husband's properties, that what
pushed me to source for a good person abroad who will make this claim
of $12.8M USD which my late husband deposited in a Prime Bank and
some kilos of alluvial gold dust he deposited in a vault company
here,upon hearing from you i will put in contact with the company.

I will give you all the information you will need to make this claim
of this fund once I receive a positive response from you and also your
assurance that you will not betray this confidence that I am reposing
in you. I am doing this because my family are unbelievers and I will
not allow them inherit this money for their own selfishness.
Awaiting to read from you asap

Best regards
Mrs. Mariam Abdulahi

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