419 scam: Madam Mary Jane Kalo <maryjakal@gmail.com> SOMETHING IMPORTANT

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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.
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.

Fraud email example:

From: Madam Mary Jane Kalo <maryjakal@gmail.com>
Reply-To: maryjanekal@mynet.com
Date: Wed, 21 Nov 2012 16:54:00 +0000 (GMT)
Subject: SOMETHING IMPORTANT

Hello dear,How is everything with you, it might surprise you to receive my mail because we have never met before. I got your email from a directory and I picked interest to disclose to you this important information after my prayers to be connected to the right person. I am madam Mary Jane Kalo (widow) from Ivory Coast my husband was the serving director of the Agro- exporting board, who died of cancer leaving me and my only son Ken who is 7 years now, and before his death he deposited (US$10.5 Million) in one of the reputable bank which I will disclose to you if you reply this mail.
I am contacting you because since the death of my husband, his brothers have been seriously chasing me around with constant threats, trying to suppress me so that they might have the documents of his landed properties and confiscate them. They have successfully collected all his properties, yet they never stopped there, they told me to surrender all bank accounts of my late husband, which I did, but I never disclose to them of this deposit. Because my husband made the deposit in a suspense fixed account with a clause attached to it for onward transfer into a foreign account.
I am seeking for your assistance to stand as my foreign partner in order to receive the fund as my husband had an agreement with my late husband that the money will be transferred to a foreign account. I will send you the evidence of the deposit as soon as I hear from you with my picture. I wait for your reply and call: +22998520796.Thanks,Madam Mary Jane Kalo

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