419 scam: Melinda Cruz <susanbenson2010@yahoo.co.jp> Greetings

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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.
This email message is a "dying widow" scam.

Fraud email example:

From: Melinda Cruz <susanbenson2010@yahoo.co.jp>
Reply-To: Melinda Cruz <melinda.cruz92@yahoo.fr>
Date: Sat, 27 Jun 2015 19:57:12 +0900 (JST)
Subject: Greetings

Greetings

I know that this letter may be a very big surprise to you,but please consider it a divine wish and accept it with a deep sense of humility. I am giving you my trust And wish you will give me back the trust i have given you. I believe that you will be Honest to fulfill my final wish before I will die.

I am Melinda Cruz a France Citizen , I am 59 years,I was married to my late Mr.Cruz Murray , a business merchant based here in Ivory Coast , West Africa where we live for many years . my husband die in a fatal motor accident , we were married for many years without a child . Since after the death of my husband I have been battling with cancer of the breast and my condition is really deteriorating that my doctor courageously told me that I have some few months to live .

When my husband was alive we deposited a sum of $6.8M ( Six Million Eight Hundred Dollar ) in a finance institute. The finance institute management just wrote me as the legitimate depositor to inform me of the maturity date of my deposit or rather that I should issue a letter of authorization to someone to receive the money on my behalf since I can not come over as a result of my illness.

I was brought up in a motherless babies home,that is why I decided to give them gift of money to them for the poor, widows around your country.

I will like this money to be invested into a very good LUCRATIVE VENTURE BUSINESS of your choice so that you will be giving out proceeds to be distributed each year Among the charity organization

If you are ready to received the Gift of the money to help needys , I hope you will help me see that my last wishes come true.

Get back to me for more details As soon as I receive your reply , I will give you the contact information of the finance institute where this money is been deposited and also write an authorization letter to the finance institute on your behalf authorizing them to release the said money to you and also the documents of the funds .

May the Almighty God guide you and your family.

Yours Sister in Christ

Mrs ,Melinda Cruz

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