419 scam: mjs family <kg140f@live.fr> Reply Urgently.

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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.
The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
- "the consignment" (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)
- "consignment " (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)
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.
- nadezdasheremeteva59@yahoo.com.au (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: mjs family <kg140f@live.fr>
Reply-To: <nadezdasheremeteva59@yahoo.com.au>
Date: Wed, 28 Aug 2013 13:18:35 +0000
Subject: Reply Urgently.

Reply Urgently.

Compliment of the Day to you

I
am sending you this message to explain my problems to you to know if
you can render a helping hand. It's my pleasure to contact you for a
business venture which I intend to establish in your country, though I
have not met with you before but I believe one has to risk, confiding in
someone to succeed sometimes in life.

My
name is Mrs.Sheremeteva Nadezda from RUSSIA. I am the wife of
MR.Banokov .Nadezda. I lost my husband and the only daughter in the last
Tsunami disaster that hit Japan March 11 2011. Before the death of my
husband, he deals on coffee business.

Presently,
I am having a big problem with my late husband's brothers because of
the wealth and the landed properties he left behind. They forced me to
release all his bank deposit informations and all the documents about
his landed properties.

They
did not stop there; they are monitoring my movements till today to the
extent that I can not go out freely nor answer or make telephone
calls.They can only give me food and shelter and nothing else. I can
only have access to the internet at times when I am left with the little
ones and our house security guard. It is because of this problem that I
decided to contact you to help me from this ugly situation.

Because
of my relationship with my husband, he told me before his death, about
money he has in LONDON where he goes to do his investment reasach. The
money was in a box deposited with an agent in LONDON and the amount is
US$10.5 million. He made me to understand that the money was deposited
as a family valuable for security reasons, in this case the officials of
the LONDON security outfit does not know that the real content of the
box is money.

The
brothers of my late husband are not aware of this deposit and they will
never know about it. I am therefore seeking for your assistance to help
me secure the consignment from LONDON to your country for safety and
investment.You can even go to LONDON so that you can see things for
yourself.

Once
I got your response to help me, I will get back to you with the details
on how we should proceed. You can reply me in this email address (nadezdasheremeteva59@yahoo.com.au) for more information's concerning the claim of the consignment.

I shall be waiting for your swift response.

Sincerely yours,

Mrs.Sheremeteva Nadezda

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