419 scam: MERCY DOMINIC cw4826878@gmail.com RE: DEAR PARENTS.

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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:

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.
- merrdominic01@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: MERCY DOMINIC cw4826878@gmail.com
Reply-To: merrdominic01@gmail.com
Date: 23 May 2024 22:29:37 -0700
Subject: RE: DEAR PARENTS.

Greeting, how are you? I hope all is well with you, May my
message not discomfort or cause you unhappiness in any way rather
see it as the only way available for me to reach you for
relationship.

I am Ms. Mercy Dominic, female I am 36 years old French Citizen,
live in Spain, the only child of late Mr. Nicolas Dominic.

I am a nice and simple that have so much love for children and
fear of GOD and I believe that I will find someone that I will
love and respect for the rest of my life, someone that I can call
my own that I will give all my life and he will take good care of
me and love me for who I am and not for what I am and I promise
that we will fly without wings Iâ€™m romantic, somewhat intelligent
and definitely passionate, very optimistic and gentle heart,
loving,

My father left behind a huge amount in one of the bank to import
machineries for his factory exporting business which death not
allow him live to fulfill.

I have decided to seek for an honest and sincere person to invest
the huge amount into property acquisition or any lucrative
business of your choice, pending my arrival in your country so
that I will continue my studies as the medical doctor.

I will furnish you with the legal documents covering the funds
for your kind review as soon as I hear from you.

For more explanation please respond to me on my private email (
merrdominic01@gmail.com )

Reply Soonest,
Miss. Mercy Dominic

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