419 scam: "Miss Susan Mel" <susanmel97@outlook.com> From: Miss Susan and brother Paul Mel.

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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:
- "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)
- ",500,000" (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)
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.

Fraud email example:

From: "Miss Susan Mel" <susanmel97@outlook.com>
Reply-To: susanandpaul97@outlook.com
Date: Wed, 12 Aug 2015 19:50:00 +0200
Subject: From: Miss Susan and brother Paul Mel.

My name is Miss.Susan Mel and my younger brother Paul,We are
from Mali adopted by Late Mr.George Kante Mel,

We resides in Ivory Coast we need your assistance to secure
our inheritance which I and my younger brother inherited
from our late adopted father before his sudden death the sum
of us$ 7,500,000.00 (Seven Million, Five Hundred Thousand
United States Dollars).What we need from you is to provide
your account information, your telephone number,your full
house address where the money has to be transferred into for
investment in your country.

While I and my younger brother will further our education
when we join you because the wife of our adopted Late
father.Mr.George Kante Mel is not happy about the money we
inherited from the family due to religion differences,

Therefore we need to transfer the money out of here as fast
as possible.We will send you the contact of the bank when we
hear from you and also we will offer you 10% of the total
money for providing account and assistance and 30% of any
profit made out of the money when invested in your country.
We will discuss more when we hear from you. For more
discussion.
Regards
Miss.Susan Mel and brother Paul.

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