419 scam: Mrs Maureen Bany <maureenbany20@yahoo.co.jp> Warm Greetings dear faithful one,

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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:
- "inheritance funds" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
- "consignment " (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 Maureen Bany <maureenbany20@yahoo.co.jp>
Reply-To: Mrs Maureen Bany <mrsmaureenbany50@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 22 Apr 2015 05:33:23 +0900 (JST)
Subject: Warm Greetings dear faithful one,

Warm Greetings dear faithful one,

Greetings
to you and your family. It is my pleasure to write you after much
consideration, since I cannot be able to see you face to face at first.
Being an old Widow Woman like me, I am Mrs Maureen Bany " A widow to
late Mr.Philip Bany"Who Died During the Political war of this country 4
years ago, I am 50 years old, married to my late Husband for 15 years
without a Child, I am writing to inform you that there is an Inheritance
funds which my late husband Deposited with the Finance Security Company
here in Cote d' Ivoire,

The Inheritance contains the Sum of
$4.5,000,000 US dollars,Four Million five Hundred Thousand Dollars
deposited as our family valuables and treasures in one of the Finance
Security Company here in Cote d' Ivoire, by my late husband before his
sudden death and I am suffering from pancreatic cancer Disease, My
condition is really bad and no one knows what is going to happen next
according to my doctors, It is my heart desire to make a generous gift
to you to work for a charity in your country. with the sum of
$4.5,000,000 US dollars for you to help the widows, orphans and the less
privileged ones in the rural and urban areas and to carry out charity
works Organisation for the poor and needy people,

It was just
recently that the Security Finance Company here in Cote d' Ivoire,
contacted me and advice me to look for a foreign partner who can stand
on my behalf and retrieve this Inheritance Consignment from them as soon
as possible and that was why I decided to contact you for this
orphanage charitable project, please do not be upset for I really
contacted you for good,

Please kindly Reply me Soonest and
Urgently with your details and I am also asking for your daily Prayerful
Responds, Kind Regards and remain in peace writen from Hospital by
Nurse Rose Kone as instructed by

Yours sincerely sister,
Mrs Maureen Bany,

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