419 scam: "Mrs. Joy Merckle" <help0066@cox.net> Dear Friend In Christ

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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.
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.

Fraud email example:

From: "Mrs. Joy Merckle" <help0066@cox.net>
Reply-To: mrsjoy_merckly@outlook.com
Date: Sun, 25 Aug 2013 14:22:55 +0800
Subject: Dear Friend In Christ

Greeting to you,

Iâ€™m a Germany business woman dealing with gold exportation in Burkina Faso but
base in Ghana 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 Iâ€™m ending the race like this, without
any family members and no child, I have decided to hand over the sum of (US$7.5)
Seven Million five hundred thousand dollars) that I have in my account which
has been liquidated into an ATM VISA GOLD CARD 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 dataâ€™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 Manager 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 with identity for their
confirmation, Note that it will only cost you for the delivery of your Visa
Gold Card to your home according to the Bank, and please donâ€™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 Iâ€™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. Joy Merckle.

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