419 scam: "MRS. MARISSA HOOGENDIJK"<mrsmarissa_hoogendijk122@hotmail.com> FROM YOUR SISTER IN THE LORD, MRS. MARISSA HOOGENDIJK, READ AND URGENTLY GET BA

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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 us 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)
- "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)
- "stay blessed" (scammers in West Africa like to use religious phrases)
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.

Fraud email example:

From: "MRS. MARISSA HOOGENDIJK" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <mrs.marissa_hoogendijk@yahoo.es>
Date: Thu, 8 Aug 2013 10:29:46 -0700
Subject: FROM YOUR SISTER IN THE LORD, MRS. MARISSA HOOGENDIJK, READ AND URGENTLY GET BACK TO ME;

I greet you with the love of our God as i contact you for a little work for charity. My name is Mrs. Marissa Hoogendijk I am a native of Amersfoort in Utrecht, Netherlands. My late husband was an Estate Manager until his death in Oct 1996. We had no child and during my husband’s dying moment, he urged me to donate the sum of Two Million, Six Hundred Thousand US Dollars ($2,600.000.00) to the charity. He took this decision because his relatives never cared about him for one bit. As for me, his dream must be accomplished while I am still alive.

However, on the 16th of Feb, 2012 I was diagnosed of a serious cancer which has kept me in the intensive unit of the University Medical Center Utrecht (UMCU) Netherlands for over a year now. I have had persistent abdominal discomfort, pain, i have lost weight with no known reason, having nausea and general Weakness as a result of the stage 4 cancer of the colon as doctor reported.

Last month the doctor told me that I could only live for more 4 months due to the resistance to treatment by my body system and this lead to my contact to you to inherit the $2.600,000.00 currently with US Bank in New York. Please if acceptable to you, inform me as soon as you can so that I can issue an authorization to the bank to release the money to you as the beneficiary of my fund.

Stay blessed until I hear back from,

Your sister in the Lord,
Mrs. Marissa Hoogendijk

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