419 scam: "Mrs. Maria Schaeffler" <mrs.mariaschaeffler@hotmail.com> Greeting 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 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.
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.
- mrs.mariaschaeffler@hotmail.fr (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Mrs. Maria Schaeffler" <mrs.mariaschaeffler@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: <mrs.marias@yahoo.com.my>
Date: Wed, 21 Aug 2013 08:42:57 +0000
Subject: Greeting to you

Greeting to
you

I’m a German business woman dealing with gold exportation in Cote D’Ivoire and
my husband is now late who started the business with me Dr. Adolf Merckle aged
74 years old, who committed suicide on January 6th 2009 after his business
empire ran into trouble in the global economic financial crisis. Please refer
to the news website below to read more about my late husband.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/7814257.stm

I was diagnosed with ovarian cancer disease which doctors have confirmed that I
have just few days to leave, Now that I’m ending the race like this We were
married for years with only one child, who was 11 years old, our only daughter
Grace and left both me and little Grace., I have decided to hand over the
sum of (US$19.5) Nineteen million five hundred thousand dollars) that I have in
my account to you for the help of orphanage homes/the needy once in your
location to fulfill my wish on earth. You may be wondering why I chose you. But
someone lucky has to be chosen according the the revelation I had after my
prayers today. But before handing over my data’s to you, kindly assure me that
you will take only 20% of the money and share the rest to orphanage homes/the
needy once, response quickly to enable me forward the contact details of the
Bank and my valid International passport now that I have access to internet
before it will be too late as the Bank is aware of my decision over the fund
and awaiting for.

whom I will instruct to contact them forward a scanned copy of my valid
international passport your or identity I’d for their confirmation, Note that
it will only cost you for change of ownership according to the Bank, and please
don’t be discouraged about the change of ownership because at this stage if no
one apply for the money it will go to bank treasury when I’m gone and they will
not use it to help the needy once to fulfill my wish,

I have decided that I must give my wealth to the poor and needy to demonstrate
my humanitarian service to humanity. I will appreciate mostly that the fund be
donated to motherless Babies, widows and hurricane victims all over the world.

Remain Bless mrs.mariaschaeffler@hotmail.fr

Mrs. Maria Schaeffler

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