419 scam: "Vivian Green." <jamary536@gmail.com> Good morning!

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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:
- "dear friend" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
- "hundred thousand united states dollars" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.

Fraud email example:

From: "Vivian Green." <jamary536@gmail.com>
Reply-To: mr.lch@meta.ua
Date: Mon, 16 Aug 2021 10:51:51 +0100
Subject: Good morning!

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Dear Friend!

My greetings to you.

I have E-mailed you earlier a week ago and no response from you?

Once again, I am Vivian Green, a Widow, a mother of two children,
please help me and my children. My husband died early this year with
Coronavirus and after he was buried, my late husband family members
collected all my husband properties from me because I refused to marry
any of them according to their barbaric culture knowing fully that my
husband left 2 kids with me and they sent me and my children away from
our home. They want to kill me and my children to seat on the
inheritance my late husband left for me and my children, with the
funds in the Bank. I and my children are hiding in the UN refugee
camp, for the safety of our lives at this moment.

My main reason for contacting you is that my husband before he died
made a deposit of : $8. 500, 000.00, Eight Million Five Hundred
Thousand United States Dollars, with a bank here in France, and my
late husband kept this fund for a purpose of foreign investment for
our children. I am the only person who is aware of this money and I
don't want my late husband family members to be aware of it, because
if they discover about this money, they will seize the money, and this
will definitely affect me and my children in their education, because
they have inherit all my late husband properties.

Please, I am a widow praying for the brighter future of my children. l
really need your assistance to stand as my Family Business Associate
to help us receive this money in your account and also to welcome me
and my children to enable them continue their education and our future
living with you in your country, you will have a good reward.

Thank you for your consideration and service to help.
Yours faithfully,
Vivian Green.

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