419 scam: Miss Jane Mershon <janemershon@hotmail.com> My dearest Friend,

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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: Miss Jane Mershon <janemershon@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: janemershon1989@yahoo.com
Date: Wed, 7 May 2014 11:34:35 +0000
Subject: My dearest Friend,

My dearest Friend,

here is more details about me and the reason why i contacted you. my name
is Jane,i am a US citizen, born in NEW york year 1989, I arrived in ivory
coast after the funeral ceremony of my late mother mrs jasmin Rodriquez,she
died of heart problem in new york,before her death, she told me about her
bussiness here in ivory coast and also about the money she deposited in the
Bicici bank ivory coast with my name as the next of kin.

I want this money to be transfered to your country so that i can come over
there and use it to start a new life and invest in any good and profitable
bussines which you will help me to set. Since my arrival here,I had a
meeting with the bank directors and they agreed to release the money to me
and transfer it for my investment.

But The bank here required me to present a partner who will stand as the
beneficiary to transfer the money in order to exterblish my own bussiness.i
have to contact you after praying and i beleive you will help me I made up
my mind to relocate because i have suffered so many attack since after the
funeral of my mother, i even managed to excape and come over here because i
am the only child of my parents and my father died already when i was 12
years old, please i will require your commitment to make sure that the bank
transfered the money as soon as possible just like your own daughter or
sister or wife to enable me move away from the hotel where i m staying.

I will send you more of my photos to you as soon as i receive your positive
responds,thank you for your kind attention and i want you to know that
after the money is transfered to your account THE TOTAL AMOUNT IS FOUR
MILLION THREE HUNDRED UNITED STATES DOLLAR(4.3,000000 usd) AND I AM GIVING
YOU 20% OF IT AS YOUR OWN BENEFIT FOR HELPING ME OUT. please give your kind
consideration to my massage to help me relocate and start a new life.

Thanks you for your understanding
Jane Mershon.

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