419 scam: melinda Bote <hildab1010@gmail.com> Hello dear.

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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: melinda Bote <hildab1010@gmail.com>
Reply-To: melpuron@yahoo.com
Date: Thu, 25 Oct 2018 09:39:19 +0000
Subject: Hello dear.

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Hello Dear,

Please forgive me for contacting you in this manner,It because I am in
desperate in need of your assistance,My Name is Melinda Bote, the wife
of Ferdinand Bote, My Husband was A Politician an a mayor Who was
killed in philippine in a city of General Tinio ,by some gunmen on
Tuesday 3 July 2018.

Well during the threat on my late husband life, he gave me the total
sum of (US$4.3 Million) for the up keeping/future of our children and
asks me to deposit it in a security finacial firm in abroad just in
case anything ever happen to him.

Since the death of my late husband,the philippines government has
blocked I and my late husband accounts through the helps of my late
husband family.And Also my late husband brothers has succeeded in
collecting all our landed assets that is under my control and they are
still looking for more. I am contacting you because I want you to help
me in securing this sum That I deposited in a security firm for the
future of my children before my late husband family sees the deposit
document and start going for it. Since they have made it impossible
for me to move out of my late husband house for now.

Please do tell me if i can trust you as who will not sit on this sum
when you claim it. As am willing to give you 15% of the total sum
after you have successfully secured the fund for your kind assistance
to me.

Best regards.

Mrs.Melinda Bote.

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