419 scam: "MRS L;UCY"<construction.opera@bellnet.ca> PLEASE SAVE MY LIFE AND KIDS

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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:
- "dear friend" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.

Fraud email example:

From: "MRS L;UCY" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <idealwoman@live.co.uk>
Date: Sun, 8 Aug 2010 09:16:12 +0100
Subject: PLEASE SAVE MY LIFE AND KIDS

Dear Friend,

I decided to contact you through this medium for an assistance that
can save my life and that of my kids too.
Meanwhile, i am the wife of Dr Lawrence Raphael ,a politician and
a philantropist in Nigeria, who was murdered .

Since after his death,i and my two kids, have never seen peace,rather
i have been recieveing threats from my late husband immediate family who want
to inherit all we have laboured all this years,they have been trying to kill me
thinking that i am a stumbling block on thier plans.
Fortunately,my late husband has about $8.5 M USD (Eight million five hundred thousand dollas ) deposited in a security company,as a family valuables,this money he made in politics,because politicians account are been mornitored Here.He deposited it in my daughter,s name and left instruction that the security company should release the fund to her when she is eighteen and must be with the help of a foreign investor to avoid mismanagement.

I recently contacted the manager of the securty company,who advised me to look for a foreign investor or a trusted business man who can assist and help invest this money for the future of my kids. I am begging you to come forward and assist me in moving this fund to your country so that i can settle with my kids and invest my little fund there to save my life and of my kids too.
If you find it necesary to help me, kindly get back to me with your full name , address and your phone number.
I promise to offer you %20 of the total sum for helping me.
Thanks and be blessed,

Mrs Lucy

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