419 scam: Maria Eugenia Pacheco <flordossah11@yahoo.co.jp> MY VISION FOR THE POOR,

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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:
- "dear friend" (a common phrase found 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: Maria Eugenia Pacheco <flordossah11@yahoo.co.jp>
Reply-To: Maria Eugenia Pacheco <ep.maria1955@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 14 Dec 2014 17:19:44 +0000 (UTC)
Subject: MY VISION FOR THE POOR,

My Dear Friend,

Sorry for my intruding your privacy, I identify myself as Mrs. Maria Eugenia Pacheco married to Late Mr. Gonzalez Pacheco, we are Mexicans but reside in Lome, Togo; I sincerely hope that you will respond to me quickly with all sincerity.

I wish to confide in you that I have stage 4 cervical cancer, and
I have been at the hospital in Lome-Togo where I live and handle our Oil/Gas Business, I did not meet or know any of my late husbandâ€™s relatives, I am here alone as widow now in the hospital, and the doctor have predicted that I have just some weeks to live. I am writing you in tears, and with a broken heart, seeking a help that you should please assist that my soul shall have rest, you might be a stranger, but a reliable stranger is better than a dubious friend.

As you read my mail, please do not be greedy, setting up an orphanage in your country with the fund and name it after my late husband as I was unable to give him a child, before my health problem escalated we have funds with a Bank here, worth Â£3, 400. 000 [Three Million Four Hundred Thousand Euros]. Our account officer has informed me that due the fact that the account has not been functioning for a long time the account is now dormant and the fund may be confiscated and transferred into the bank treasury fund, I want to entrust this project and fund to you for execution of my last Will on humanitarian, If your heart permits you to help with a true and sincere heart, I will adjust my will of all my properties to you and the funds in the account, as long as you will assure me that you will use 70% of the fund for the care of children in the orphanage and 30% of It for yourself. My Lawyer will handle the legal affairs if you confirm your readiness to help.

Please, even if I die, my soul shall not have rest until you have fulfilled my will.

Yours in deep pain,
Mrs. Maria Eugenia Pacheco

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