419 scam: Marry Adel <m_adel19@msn.com> Dearest 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:
- "dearest one," (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
- "huge amount of money" (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)
- "abidjan" (a location commonly mentioned in 419 scams)
- "god fearing " (scammers in West Africa like to use religious phrases)
- "marry_adel1@live.fr" (this email address has been used in a known scam)
This email message is a orphan scam.

Fraud email example:

From: Marry Adel <m_adel19@msn.com>
Reply-To: <marry_adel1@live.fr>
Date: Thu, 6 Aug 2009 08:45:56 +0000
Subject: Dearest One,

Dearest One,

I know that this mail may come to you as unespected since we have not met or known each other before,but I hope that you will treat this matter with love and fear of God.

I am Miss Marry Adel. the only child of late Mr and Mrs Adel. My Father was a very wealthy cocoa merchant in Abidjan, the economic capital of Ivory Coast before he was poisoned to death by his business associates on one of their outing to discusson a business deal.

Before the death of my father earlier this year in a private hospital here in Abidjan.He secretly called me beside his sick bedside as his only child and told me that he has a sum of $8.500.000 (Eight Million five hundred thousand dollars) left in a suspense account in a local Bank here in Abidjan, that he used my name as the next of kin in deposit of the fund.

He also explained to me that it was because of this wealth and some huge amount of money his business associates supposed to balance him from the business deal they had that he was poisoned by his business associates, that I should seek for a God fearing foreign partner in a country of my choice where I will transfer this money and use it for investment purpose, (such as real estate management five stars hotel or transportation etc..).

Please, I am honourably seeking your assistance in the following ways.

1) To provide a secured bank account where this money would be transferred to.
2) To serve as the guardian of this money since I am so young to handle this all alone and I don't know anything about bank to bank transfer or business world.

Moreover,I am willing to offer you 20% of the sum as compensation for effort input as you your noble assistance after the successful transfer of this money to your designate account in your country where you will help me to invest this fund into any of the above mentioned field while I continue my studies.

Please kindly contact me via my private email address for more informations regarding this transaction( marry_adel1@live.fr)

Anticipating to hear from you soonest.
Thanks and God Bless you.
Best regards.
Miss. Marry Adel.

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