419 scam: "Mrs.abunu.sonia" <anlyamago12@gmail.com> PLEASE REPLY ME THROUGH MY PRIVATE EMAIL ADDRESS mrssoniaabunu@myself.com

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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.
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.
- mrssoniaabunu@myself.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Mrs.abunu.sonia" <anlyamago12@gmail.com>
Reply-To: abunu.sonia@myself.com
Date: Sat, 13 Jun 2015 06:52:27 -0700
Subject: PLEASE REPLY ME THROUGH MY PRIVATE EMAIL ADDRESS mrssoniaabunu@myself.com

*Greetings I want you to patiently read this offer. I am Mrs. Sonia abunu,
the wife to the deceased former Head of Delegation to the World Bank in
West Africa. My husband was the linkman between the Organization for
Petroleum Exporting Countries - OPEC and the petroleum sector in a West
African country. He also attends OPEC meetings constantly in Geneva before
his death caused by cardiac arrest in our home town.Through the sale of our
allocated oil quota in OPEC, he was able to make $8.980.million. (EIGHT
MILLION NINE HUNDRED AND EIGHTY UNITED STATES DOLLARS)I want you to assist
me to claim this money as i cannot claim it directly because he made the
deposit as a fund belonging to his business associate in order not to raise
eyebrow since hewas a civil servant during that time, and the code of
conduct bureau forbids him or his wife to acquire such amount of money.It
is on this basis that I am contacting you for assistance, if you will be
interested, claim documents will been processed and sent to you. The
documents with which the fund is deposited will be amended to reflect you
as the beneficiary so that you will be eligible to collect the fund as his
business associate.You shall be entitled to 30% of the total funds while
the rest will be given to me on arrival in your country for the up keeping
of my only son and for further investment under your kind control there in
your country as I can not be able to do any investment here in West Africa
due to the origin of the said fund.I will not fail to bring to your notice
that this business is risk free and doesn't have any negative implication.
You should not entertain any fear as all modalities for the smooth and easy
transfer of this fund have been finalized.If you can conveniently assure me
of your ability to keep this business very secret and confidential, you can
write back to me for further details.I am will be waiting for your fast
mail as soon as you read this mail for more informationâ€™s, please contact
me with the below email for more details.Yours Sister,Mrs. Sonia abunu.*
*PLEASE REPLY ME THROUGH MY PRIVATE EMAIL ADDRESS mrssoniaabunu@myself.com
<https://3c-lxa.mail.com/mail/client/mail/mailto;jsessionid=B3456BC78A771876872CF42F3A2B08B3-n2.lxa02a?to=mrssoniaabunu%40myself.com>*

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