419 scam: Mrs brigitte prouvoste <mrsbrigitteprouvost@gmail.com> That the blessing of God be with you

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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.
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.
- mariebrigitteprouvostdefunt@hotmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: Mrs brigitte prouvoste <mrsbrigitteprouvost@gmail.com>
Reply-To: mariebrigitteprouvostdefunt@hotmail.com
Date: Wed, 1 Jul 2015 17:45:57 +0100
Subject: That the blessing of God be with you

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Hi
I apologize for the intrusion. May God bless you immensely my name is
Marie Brigitte Prouvost born November 6, 1963 a native of France; I am
married, Fire, that is to say to the deceased, my husband Steven
BRANDON American nationality, glorious and blessed memory who was a
consulting engineer in the Republic of South Africa for nine years.
After six years of marriage, he died after a brief and simple 4 days
of illness. Since his death, I also struggled in diseases such as
brain cancer and diabetes which pushed me to come here to look after
me (LONDON) recently my doctor told me that I would not survive the
end of next three weeks, this due to my cancer problem which bothered
me for a long time. Having known my current health condition, my
decision is to donate my good and a sum of 550.000,00 Euros which is
currently in my personal account that I had kept for a construction
project to someone lot of heart that fears God.
Especially I seek God's servants (pastor or others) because I need to
pray for the watched over my health, write me to have the Gift of the
information that I give you.
Here is my email address / mariebrigitteprouvostdefunt@hotmail.com
May the peace and mercy of God be with you.
Marie Brigitte Prouvos

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