419 scam: "Mary B. Rios" <opcwmarybrios@gmail.com> URGENT- Re: Payment

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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: "Mary B. Rios" <opcwmarybrios@gmail.com>
Reply-To: opcwmaryrios@adm.basis-ev.eu
Date: Thu, 12 Dec 2013 15:08:46 +0000
Subject: URGENT- Re: Payment

Private & Confidential
December 12, 2013

Good day,
I am Ms. MBR from United States; Chairperson of the Advisory Body on
Administrative and Financial Matters, The Organization for the
Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW-UN joint mission in Syria). It
will interest you to know that I have nominated you as my beneficiary to
receive (â‚¬) 50, 000, 000 (Fifty Million Euro) which I intended to keep
safely in your account and or any overseas account under your
supervision.

My desire and purpose is to have you invest this (Fifty Million Euro)
in a lucrative business and retain the funds until the end of our
service here in Syria mid next years.

Please bear in mind that this is a legitimate transaction, and to
enable us discusses the details of this venture, I will want us to
schedule a one on one Webcam chat through Skype or MSN/Yahoo Messenger
(Please provide a Skype/ MSN/ Yahoo ID in a return mail and time to meet
you online today or tomorrow).

My Skype name is: opcwmarybrios

Thanking you in advance for your consideration to attend to my
proposal.

Respectfully,
Ms. MBR
(OPCW-UN joint mission in Syria)
e-Mail: opcwmaryrios@adm.basis-ev.eu

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