419 scam: "Mrs. Houmani El Marwan" <houmanimarwan474@gmail.com> Dear Child 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.
The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
- "million 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)
- ",000,000" (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)
- "00,000.00" (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.

Fraud email example:

From: "Mrs. Houmani El Marwan" <houmanimarwan474@gmail.com>
Reply-To: "Mrs. Houmani El Marwan" <mahoumani@hotmail.com>
Date: Tue, 8 Sep 2015 21:55:26 +0900 (JST)
Subject: Dear Child of God,

Dear Child of God,

I want to
solicit your assistance in discharge of my last wish. I am Mrs. Houmani
El Marwan a widow, from Switzerland based in Ivory Coast, i am
suffering from Kidney cancer and I may not live long according to
medical experts. I had no child and I am currently undergoing a great
humiliation from my husband's relatives because of my religion.

Please,
I want you to help me distribute the sum of three Million Dollars
($3.000.000.00) which I inherited from my Late husband to diffrent
orphanage home, widow, lesspriviledge and maintainance of Churches to
fulfill the vow i and my late husband made to our Almighty. I want you
to take 20% of the total $3,000,000.00 Dollars for your efforts and use
the remaining one as i stated i will give you more details as soon as i
hear from you. Writing from sick bed.

Looking forward for your response.

Your Sister,
Mrs. Houmani El Marwan.

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