419 scam: DEL MARIA <delmaria02@gmail.com> RE: CAN I TRUST THIS TO YOU?

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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 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.
- maria.del46@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: DEL MARIA <delmaria02@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 16 Mar 2012 02:43:00 -0800
Subject: RE: CAN I TRUST THIS TO YOU?

Hello

I am Mrs. Maria Del Carmen Stevens a Swedish woman , I lost my parents
contact years ago before meeting Mr. David Yendall Stevens in South
Africa leading us into marriage .

My late husband Mr. David Stevens who was a farmer and exporter of
Tobacco in the Republic Of Zimbabwe was Murdered allegedly by the
ZANU-PF supporters in Zimbabwe on the 26th of April 2000 in his
farm.You can open this and see things yourself
(http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/725643. stm).

well i have 2 kids presently living in Africa my plane is to relocate
with my kids as soon as i meet someone i can trust to help me out of a
problem that has made me and this kids to be here in Africa ever since
the death of my husband.

Well After his death, the UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE
SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK; for the reasons set forth above,
ordered the Zimbabwe government and the ZANU-PF supporters to pay me
and my children,all the damages caused after the judgment, they paid
to us a big amount of money and it was deposited in a security
and,,Finance company here for my kids

Now my late husband family members are after this money, because of
this i want this money out of this country so that i can relocate to
your country with my kids i need some one i can trust to stand as my
Oversea investment Manager to transfer this Fund into his or her care
to your Country then i will come over with my kids to start a new life
all i want is someone i can trust. (maria.del46@yahoo.com)

Mrs. Maria.

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