419 scam: "Mr Edward Nelson"<mrn.edward@hotmail.com> PLEASE GET BACK TO ME ASAP 1.8

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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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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: "Mr Edward Nelson" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <edward_nelson_001@yahoo.co.jp>
Date: Sat, 2 Aug 2014 06:41:32 +0530
Subject: PLEASE GET BACK TO ME ASAP 1.8

Hi Dear,

My name is Edward Nelson an American Citizen, but i live in the United kingdom where i work in a multinational company and fell in love and got married to the daughter of the company CEO,but our relationship began to turn upside down the very day my wife picked my cellphone and it was a client of ours and a female voice,out of jealous she never give me any chance of explanation before reporting to her dad that i was cheating on her and that she's no longer interested in the marriage.

The issue soured the relationship and her dad granted her request because as he always does to make her happy because she is her only child,and they relieved me of all my duties in the company and are now preparing for a divorce without hearing from me,but I’m still appealing to them to reconfirm from the client to find out if my wife claim is right or not but they wouldn’t consider my suggestion rather I’m being constrained and ordered to tender everything in my possession.

But my fear is hunting me as i wouldn't know what will happen after court judgement,to keep my integrity and to avoid any kind of embarrassment,i have some money kept in a secret account which i urgently want to move out because they have really dealt with me but i cannot lose everything i worked for in my life on the ground marital of incompatibility,

Please, i humbly request if i can truly confide in you?
If yes do get back to me with your detail information for more details

I am anxiously waiting for your response

Best Regards
Edward Nelson

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