419 scam: Mrs Mable Kabila <mrsmable77@info2link.biz> From: Mrs.Mable.

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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:
- "dearest one," (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
- "huge sum of money" (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)
- "very confidential" (scammers urge victims to keep the transaction secret because they don't want anyone to point out to them that it is a scam)
- "power of attorney" (with your bank details and a power of attorney form criminals sometimes empty bank accounts)
- "abidjan" (a location commonly mentioned in 419 scams)
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
Barristers (lawyers) mentioned in 419 scams are always fake.

Fraud email example:

From: Mrs Mable Kabila <mrsmable77@info2link.biz>
Reply-To: mablekabilapsm@yahoo.com
Date: Fri, 25 Sep 2009 14:43:19 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: From: Mrs.Mable.

From: Mrs.Mable.

Dearest One,

I am Mrs.Mable Kabila, from Democratic Republic of Congo. I am contacting you in regards to a business transfer of a huge sum of money in my deceased husband account. This is information I would like you to keep very confidential. My husband the Late President Laurent Kabila deposited this money with a Bank in Abidjan, Cote d' Ivoire for safe keeping before he was killed by his Eldest Military Son.

My husband married us two and I am the second wife. I will not be able to give you the full details that led to that ugly incident. The Eldest son is the current President of our country now. For now I am staying in Abidjan, the capital of Republic of Cote d' Ivoire just to save my life with my son. The money in question is 22 Million U.S.Dollars. Ever since my husband died I have made every efforts to claim the fund but I could not make the withdrawals because my husband registered the fund in a suspense account with the name of his foreign business partner for the purpose of transfer overseas before his unfortunate death. Before then, he left the documents of the deposit in my custody because I was his most beloved wife out of the two of us.

Since I do not know this my late husband`s foreign partner, what I would want you to do is to assist me to transfer the fund from this bank in Cote d` Ivoire to your account overseas as I want to present you as the next of kin to my late husband`s foreign business partner with power of attorney to claim the fund. This is to replace the name of the foreign partner to your own name for the transfer of the funds to your nominated account overseas. I will give you 20% of the money for your assitance.There is no risk in this transaction. I will use the remaining balance of the money for an investment in your country for the future of my son.

If you are interested, and can maintain the very confidential of this transaction, you e-mail me immediately so that I will give you further information to let you contact the bank here. Note that I am a refugee in Abidjan, Cote dâ€™ lvoire because of the assassination of my late husband and the crisis going on in our country the Democratic Republic of Congo, I am urgently waiting for your soonest reply.

Thank you very much and God bless you.

Mrs Mable Kabila.

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