419 scam: Miss Valeria Williams <valeria0002015@vymail.com> My inheritance plea & urgent assistance.

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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: Miss Valeria Williams <valeria0002015@vymail.com>
Reply-To: valeria0002015@uymail.com
Date: Thu, 02 Jul 2015 11:33:13 +0000
Subject: My inheritance plea & urgent assistance.

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Dearest,

Good day, please my late father Hon. Engineer A. Williams who was a
Diamond and Gold trader with the Mining Industries in Ghana, and a
Contractor as well as an investor in must Countries of the world and
trade from Ghana to South Africa, Nigeria, United States, Europe and
as well as Asia before he was poisoned by his colleague.

My late father left $1.8 million Usd with a bank in United Kingdom and
is my inheritance, and they bank has called me for claims but i really
do not know know what to invest on, can you assist me to invest into
Real Estate or Hotel management or any lucrative business of your
choice in your country while i further studies.

Again, i will offer you 25% of the funds for your noble assistance.
please forward to me your telephone numbers and address.

Sincerely i have all related deposit documents of my inheritance and
is 100% legitimate. i will forward to every paper as soon as you write
back to me.

Thanks and awaiting for your feedback.

Yours truly,
Miss Valeria.

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