419 scam: "Ms. Marry Paul" <marrypaul1@maktoob.com> YOUR ATM CARD OF $950,000,00

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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.
The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
- "dear friend" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
This email message is a "New Partner from Paraguay" scam.
Barristers (lawyers) mentioned in 419 scams are always fake.
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.
- prince_ukofile@o2.pl (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Ms. Marry Paul" <marrypaul1@maktoob.com>
Reply-To: prince_ukofile@o2.pl
Date: Tue, 8 Jun 2010 03:55:38 -0300 (BRT)
Subject: YOUR ATM CARD OF $950,000,00

Dear Friend,

I'm in high spirits to inform you concerning my success in getting the
fund transferred to a Swiss Account with the cooperation of a new partner
from India who is an international business man. Presently I'm in India
for investment projects with my own share of the total sum. Meanwhile, I
did not fail to remember your past efforts and attempts to assist me in
transferring those funds despite that it failed us some how. Now contact
my secretary, his Name and his contact Email: Mr. Prince Uko.

Email:( prince_ukofile@o2.pl) Ask him to send you the total $950,000,00
(nine Hundred and Fifty Thousand US Dollars) which I kept in ATM CARD for
your compensation for all the past efforts and attempts to assist me in
this matter.I appreciated your efforts at that time very much. So feel
free and get in touched with my secretary Mr. Prince Uko and instruct him
to send the ATM CARD to you.
Please do let me know immediately you receive it so that we can share the
joy after all the sufferness at that time. In the moment, I am very busy
here because of the investment projects which I and the new partner are
having at hand.

Finally, remember that I had forwarded instruction to my secretary on your
behalf to receive that money, so feel free to get in touch with Mr. Prince
Uko and he will send the ATM card to you without any delay.

With best regards,
Dr.Marry Paul (Esq)

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