419 scam: "MRS. MARY LANE"<rodrigo@usimais.com.br> YOU ARE BLESSES........reply

joewein.de LLC
fighting spam and scams on the Internet

Try our spam filter!
Free trial for 30 days

Home

About Us

Spam

419/Nigeria

Fraud

Contact

"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.

Click here to report a problem with this page.

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.
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
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.
- marylane@mail2mary.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "MRS. MARY LANE" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <marylane@mail2mary.com>
Date: Wed, 30 Aug 2017 17:54:27 -0700
Subject: YOU ARE BLESSES........reply

TO You I am hoping to receive your reply.

Please excuse this humble email if it offends your sensibilities, but I have no other means to contact you. I cannot talk on the

telephone,so I did a search for your email address, which I found on the international business directorate email data search.I am Mrs Mary

Lane from United States of America, 52 years old woman, A Christian widow who is dying of esophageal cancers.Recently, My Doctor told me

that I would not last for the period of Seven Months due to cancer problem, Yes I have been touched by God to donate an amount of money

Inherited from my late husband Mr.Johnson Lane to you for the good work of God on Charity People in the Street and Helping the Orphanage

which my husband derived this money from his vast Estates and Investment in capital market, I decided to WILL/donate the sum of

USD$18 Million to you 30% of the total money is for your personal use While 70% of the money will go to charity people in the street and

helping the orphanage.

I will give you the contact of my lawyer who will help you out, my personal Reference Number Law/WILL/ 9834520012. I will appreciate your

utmost honest in this matter until the task is accomplished as I don't want anything that will jeopardize my last wish.

I am hoping to receive your reply marylane@mail2mary.com

YOUR BLESS FROM

Mrs Mary Lane

Anti-fraud resources:

What can you do when you receive 419 spam