419 scam: "Mrs.Joylen Treya." <tjoylen57@gmail.com> From Mrs. Joylen Treya

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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:
- "trunk box" (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)
- "hundred thousand 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)
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
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.
- j.treya@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Mrs.Joylen Treya." <tjoylen57@gmail.com>
Reply-To: j.treya@yahoo.com
Date: Thu, 27 Mar 2014 16:42:47 -0000
Subject: From Mrs. Joylen Treya

Hello Dear,

Pardon me for Contacting you through this medium, because i am in
desperate need of your assistance; My Name is Joylen Treya the wife of
Mr.Jomie Palmares Treya,the Mayor of Rizal in Cagayan Province.

Who Was recently in the Philippine Killed by Gunmen on June 12TH 2011.But
before he died in the hospital, he disclosed to me where he kept the total
sum of U.S $ 5,200.000 (Five million two hundred Thousand united states
dollars) and ordered me to put the total sum in a trunk box and quickly
move the box to a private Security Company, far away from home, with the
help of his colleague,where the box will be deposit for safe keeping, just
in case anything ever Happen to him I did deposit the total sum as He gave
it to me under a secret arrangement as a family valuable.

This Means That the security company does Not Know the content of the
box.Since the death of my late husband , the Philippine state government
has been monitoring all my movement and, all my late husband accounts has
been frozen by the state government, and my late husband brothers had
succeeded taken away from all my late husbands properties, which is now
under their control, they have took everything from me, this money in the
Security Company is my only hope, but my late husband brothers are Still
looking for more.

This is the actual reason why I am Contacting you to help me secure the
box of the money from the Security Company, so that the company will bring
the box to you in your residence, as i cannot do it myself because my late
husband family made it impossible for me to move around, please do tell me
if I can trust you with this? Hope you will not sit on this money when you
receive the box in your position?

I am willing to Give you 20% of the total sum in box, after when you have
successfully receive the box from the Company. Once you receive the box
from the Security Company, I will come over to your country with my two
kids and join you,upon my arrival in your country, i will sign a
Partnership Agreement with you so that the money can be invested under
your guidance and protection.

I will like to hear from you as to enable me know if i can trust you with
all my heart,and if you are capable so that i can send to you details for
a better understanding of what i am talking about.

Best regards,
Mrs.Joylen Treya.
Please Reply: j.treya@yahoo.com

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