419 scam: "Angela Mwenza"<ang.mwanz@yahoo.cn> REPLY SOON

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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:
- "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)
- "00,000.00" (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)
- "abidjan" (a location commonly mentioned in 419 scams)
- "ang.mwanza@yahoo.cn" (this email address has been used in a known scam)
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.

Fraud email example:

From: "Angela Mwenza" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <ang.mwanza@yahoo.cn>
Date: Fri, 10 May 2013 13:47:13 -0000
Subject: REPLY SOON

Good day,
I am pleased to contact you by this way.
My name is, Miss Angela Mwanza, I and my mother inherited some funds, from my late father, who was killed in the recent political crises in my country Cote d'Ivoire, I am the only child, and i am 20 years old.
The funds are seven million United States dollars ($7,000,000.00) and are deposited in a bank here, in Abidjan.
My mother is very sick at the hospital now, and she is suffering from cancer of the blood, Leukemia, her condition is very bad.
My father before he died, informed the bank that the fund will be transferred to his foreign partner, and that is why I have agreed with my mother to contact you for assistance, to present yourself as my late father's foreign partner, and accept the funds.
We have agreed to offer you 30% of the total funds $7,000,000.00 immediately you receive the funds in your account.
Note. this transaction is 100% safe and legal.
I wait for your reply email.
(ang.mwanza@yahoo.cn)
Thanks and sincerely,
Miss Angela Mwanza.

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