419 scam: Miss Mary Hooper <gtbbank07@gmail.com> From Miss Mary Hooper

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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:

An email address listed inside this email has been used in a known fraud before.
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:
- "million us 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)
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
This email lists free webmail addresses. Use of such addresses is typical for scams. Lotteries, banks and any but the smallest of companies do not normally use such addresses. Criminals use them to anonymously send and receive email at Internet cafes.
- missmaryhooper@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: Miss Mary Hooper <gtbbank07@gmail.com>
Reply-To: missmaryhooper@gmail.com
Date: Sat, 25 Apr 2015 05:13:34 -0700
Subject: From Miss Mary Hooper

Hello Dear,

Compliments of the day. i came across your contact address while searching
for someone to help us, and decided to contact you, to write you because we
have no other alternative. our mother was searching for a foreign partner
to help us invest and to relocate, before she died of cancer 2 months ago.
Now it is left me and my brother. We tried to getthe money from the bank,
but the bank will not listen to us, they said we are too young, that we
need a partner or a trustee.we don't

know how to safeguard the money even if we could get it; It is USD$7.5
million us dollars presently in Bank. we are afraid we don't know how and
where to start about it. Please if you can help me and my brother try to
reply us urgently as we will explain more to you and we can discuss fully
and God will always bless you for your help which we know you shall never
regret and we have agree to give 15% of the whole money to you as for your
help , Waiting eagerly to hear from you. Please we would like you to email
us on this mail box (*missmaryhooper@gmail.com*
<https://e.mail.ru/compose/#> )

Regard

>From Miss Mary Hooper

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