419 scam: "MRS. MAUREEN LUKKAH" <yusaku.@athena.ocn.ne.jp> I HAVE WRITHING YOU BEFORE

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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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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. MAUREEN LUKKAH" <yusaku.@athena.ocn.ne.jp>
Reply-To: "MRS. MAUREEN LUKKAH" <maureenlukkah@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 5 Feb 2016 22:30:50 +0900 (JST)
Subject: I HAVE WRITHING YOU BEFORE

Dear,
I am Maureen Lukkah married to Mr. Williams Lukkah, he was dealing on Gold
and Diamond, who died of cancer leaving me and my only son Ken who is 7
years now, and before his death he deposited $10.5 M in one of the reputable
bank which I will disclose to you if you agree to help me.

Since the death of my husband, his brothers have been seriously chasing me
around with constant threats, trying to suppress me so that they might have
the documents of his landed properties and confiscate them. They have
successfully collected all his properties, yet they never stopped there,
they told me to surrender all bank accounts of my late husband, which I did,
but I never disclose to them of this deposit. Because my husband made the
deposit in a suspense fixed account with a clause attached to it for onward
transfer into a foreign account.

Now that the situation is becoming uncontrollable because of pressure on me
from the family members, which I will no longer like to take more risk
staying here with my only son who is just Seven year old, I am now
soliciting for your help to stand as my foreign business partner to receive
the fund into your account. You will help me to invest the money into real
estate once I come over there with my son.

So if you accept to be my partner to receive the fund in your account, get
back to me for more details, Thanks, Maureen Lukkah

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