419 scam: "Mrs.Martha Brandon" <edmagd001@gmail.com> GREETINGS IN THE NAME OF GOD!

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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 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.

Fraud email example:

From: "Mrs.Martha Brandon" <edmagd001@gmail.com>
Reply-To: "Mrs.Martha Brandon" <mrsmartha001@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 3 Jul 2015 04:47:39 +0900 (JST)
Subject: GREETINGS IN THE NAME OF GOD!

Apostolic Greetings,My beloved friend,

With due Respect and Humanity I write to donate and hand over this fund to
you for orphanages and widows/less privileged and propagate the gospel
of God(US$2.5) Two million five hundred dollars deposited in a Security
firm in Cote d'Ivoire by my late husband. I,am Mrs.Martha Brandon,68
years old without a child,married to late Dr.Engr.Arthur Brandon from
United Kingdom who was The Chairman/CEO of Arthur global industries and a philanthropist based in Cote d' Ivoire. before he died in the year 2010 after a Cancer related Operation, And Recently, I was diagnosed of cancer problem (cancer of the liver),Having known my
condition I decided to donate this money to any good spirited
individual,Servant of God,Charity organization,Christian,Hindus, Muslim
or any Individual that have the poor and the destitute at heart.Please
always remember me in your daily prayers.

Thanks and waiting your quick response and re-assuring reply for more details.
God bless us,
Mrs.Martha Brandon

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