419 scam: Mrs Susan William <queen_4u2008@yahoo.co.jp> Kindly Read and get back to me.

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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.
The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
- "united state of america" (this email uses bad English)
- "abidjan" (a location commonly mentioned in 419 scams)
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.

Fraud email example:

From: Mrs Susan William <queen_4u2008@yahoo.co.jp>
Reply-To: Mrs Susan William <susanwilliam24@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 27 May 2014 20:56:27 +0900 (JST)
Subject: Kindly Read and get back to me.

Greetings to you.

My Name is Mrs. Susan William, from Utah United State of America, I am 72 years old. I was brought up in a motherless babys home, and was married to my late husband Donald William for twenty One years without a child.
My husband and I are true Christian's,we lived all day in (Ivory Coast) since he was working here as Areal Estate Management Contractor, but quite unfortunately,he died in a fatal motor accident.

I am presently admitted at the hospital suffering from a blood
cancer and Parkinson diseases. My late husband of blessed memory deposited a boxs that contains the sum of $B!r(B7,200.000, Pounds GBPS with a box of 150killo of solid gold in one of the Security finance company in Abidjan. I wish to know if I can trust you to use the funds for charity project and %10 will go to you as compensation.

Kindly get back to me so that I will give you more
details about the boxs
Waiting to hear from you.
Be bless, Yours in the Lord
Mrs.Susan Williams.

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