419 scam: Mrs Marty lammah <"marty."@beetle.ocn.ne.jp> PLEASE HELP ME AND MY SON.

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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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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 Marty lammah <"marty."@beetle.ocn.ne.jp>
Reply-To: Mrs Marty lammah <mrsmartylammah@outlook.com>
Date: Mon, 18 Dec 2017 15:40:40 +0900 (JST)
Subject: PLEASE HELP ME AND MY SON.

Dear,

Compliments, this is Mrs Marty lammah originally from Sierra-Leone, I am a
widow with a son who is seven now. I am sorry for approaching you in this
manner, just that my present situation has compelled me to initiate this
contact. For a woman to survive without a husband under heavy family pressure
is not an easy one, after the death of my husband, I have been passing series
of threats from the family members, though will tell you more as we continue.

All the properties and some of the local accounts have been forcefully
collected from me, I tried using relevant measures to stop them, but the
pressure continued to the point of serious life threats, so my local pastor
advised me to leave the country for the safety of my life and son. What I am
informing you should not be passed to third-party for security purpose, but
my joy today is that I succeeded in securing the document of the deposit US$10.5
Million he made in Republic of Benin. Since Sierra-Leone is close to my
present location (Calavi in Republic of Benin) I have decided to invest the money
outside this region into real estate business. I can't access the fund here
due to the clause attached to it, unless it is first shifted to a foreign account

There is another business concerning gold, which I will discuss later after
the completion of this fund, Confirm receipt of this mail

Best Regards
Mrs Marty lammah

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