419 scam: Mrs Ella Snizore <mrs.ella@live.com> Dear Friend,

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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)
- "a security company " (this will cost you money - be careful with upfront payments to anyone you only know through email, especially if they promise you a lot of money. NEVER send money by Western Union or MoneyGram to people you do not know personally - NO EXCEPTIONS! Instant wire transfer services are not meant to be used with strangers because they offer no protection against fraud. That is precisely why the criminals want you send money that way. )
- "million 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)
- ",000,000" (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 "dying widow" scam.

Fraud email example:

From: Mrs Ella Snizore <mrs.ella@live.com>
Reply-To: mrsella49@yahoo.com
Date: Fri, 21 May 2010 06:50:01 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: Dear Friend,

Dear Friend,

I am Mrs Ella Snizore A citizen of Philippines . I am the Wife of Late Mr Emmanuel N.Snizore of Philippines he worked as an Ambassador for years and hold Political positions in Philippines before he died in the year Aug 27 2005. We were married for 19 years without a child. He died after a brief illness that lasted for only four days. Before his death we were both born again Christians and we lived happily. Since his death, I decided not to re-marry or get a child outside my matrimonial home due to the love i have for my late Husband.

During my husband's regime as an Ambassador,He realized some reasonable amount of money from various deals that he successfully executed.

well before the death of my husband he secretly put in a box the sum of $6,000,000 million USD (Six million United states dollars) and deposited it in a security company abroad.
I am contacting you because I want you to help me in securing the money since Recently l Fell Sick My Doctor told me that I would not last for the period of seven months due to cancer problem. The one that disturbs me most is my stroke sickness. Having known my condition I decided to hand you over this money,

i want you to utilize this money the way I am going to instruct you herein. I want you to take 30% of the total money for your personal use While the rest of the money will go to charity,Haiti and other Earthquake victims both in China people in the street and the orphanage.

I hope to trust you as who will not sit on this money when you claim it.like i have said i have promise to give you 30% of the total money for your assistance.if you are willing to use this money the way i have instructed above please get back to me immediately.

Best regards .
Mrs Ella Snizore.

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