419 scam: "Mrs. Priscilla Bonneva"<mrspbon12345@gmail.com> Remain Blessed.

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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.
The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
- "god fearing " (scammers in West Africa like to use religious phrases)
- "remain blessed" (scammers in West Africa like to use religious phrases)
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.

Fraud email example:

From: "Mrs. Priscilla Bonneva" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <mrsppbon12345@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 7 Apr 2017 08:44:31 -0700
Subject: Remain Blessed.

Hello Dear

Greetings of peace i bring to you and your family and i pray that this message meets you in good state of mind and health, I thank you so much for your kind attention in responding to my email and which I believe that this chance is not giving to everybody as God has directed me to you, this I said May God Almighty be with you and your family.

I am Mrs. Priscilla Bonneva from, I am a 64yrs old sick widow, Diagnosed with cancer. I have no children that will take care of me and since the doctors have confirmed that i have a very short time to live as the cancer HAS BEEN bad since the last two years now.

However I writing you this email as a God fearing and honest person, which i wish to use $6. 650, 000.00 US Dollars for charity work, as management of the Bank just wrote me as the LEGITIMATE DEPOSITOR to inform me of the maturity date of my deposited funds, which will be confiscated, if i did not issue a letter of Authorization to somebody to receive it on my behalf since I cannot come over as a Result of my illness.

This is the last-sacrifice i have to make to humanity as i am looking for my reward in heaven now.

I look forth to hear from you soon.

Remain Blessed.

Mrs. Priscilla Bonneva

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