419 scam: "Mrs. Luna M. Adriel." <mrslinda_hans@yahoo.co.jp> My best regards.

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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:
- "trunk box" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
- "consignment " (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
- "hundred thousand united states dollars" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
- "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. Luna M. Adriel." <mrslinda_hans@yahoo.co.jp>
Reply-To: "Mrs. Luna M. Adriel." <MRS.LMA@outlook.fr>
Date: Fri, 13 Mar 2015 04:55:57 +0900 (JST)
Subject: My best regards.

Dear faithful friend.

It was my pleasure to write you today at this point in time for an urgent relationship assistance.

I am in need of your relationship to stand as my family business partner for purpose of sincerity and honesty. I am Mrs. Luna Adriel Tsai, A complete citizen of Taiwan, Wife to the late former ambassador in Cote d'Ivoire. My husband fell sick and he was flown to France for treatment but later died of ulcer and he has been buried in our Country.

Presently I had discovered classified and secret documents belonging to my husband under our underground SAFE home, only known by me and two of my children. Among these documents is a deposit of (1) Consignment Trunk Box in a Security Company, which I just came over with my children to confirm a few days ago here in Abidjan-Cote D'Ivoire. This deposit was coded under a diplomatic coverage secret arrangement for safe keeping as Family Treasures. This means that the Security Company does not know the content of it.

The actual contents inside are sum of $14.500, 000.00 USD (Fourteen Million Five Hundred Thousand United States Dollars), although not to the knowledge of them. The money was arranged and packaged by the late my late husband, which he wanted to use the money for investment in Abidajn before he dead. Nobody knows about this money inside, only me.

In fact, since the death of my husband, his brothers has been seriously chasing me around with constant treats, trying to suppress me so that they might have the documents of his landed properties and confiscate them. They have successfully collected all his properties, yet they never stopped there, they told me to surrender all, which I did. But I never disclose to them this deposit with the Security Company, because this is where our future and destiny lies upon. I decide to look for a trustworthy person who will assist me retrieve it, stand as my family business partner for onward lodgement into his account for the purpose of future investment. Consider my situation as a widow and come to my rescue.

I need your urgent action, please because of GOD come to our aid in receiving this Consignment Trunk Box.

I am Waiting anxiously for your help, Thanks and God bless you.

My best regards.
Mrs. Luna Adriel Tsai.

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