419 scam: =?UTF-8?Q?Mrs=2e_Mary_Louis?= <banmoon201201@outlook.com> =?UTF-8?Q?This_is_a_cry_for

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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.
The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
- "with your full names" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
- "to your nominated bank account" (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)
- "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)
- "remain blessed" (scammers in West Africa like to use religious phrases)
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.
- mrsmalouis16@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: =?UTF-8?Q?Mrs=2e_Mary_Louis?= <banmoon201201@outlook.com> (may be fake)
Reply-To: mrsmalouis16@gmail.com
Date: Sat, 9 Jul 2016 21:37:35 +0000
Subject: =?UTF-8?Q?This_is_a_cry_for_help?=

My Dearest Friend

This is a cry for help.......

I warmly greet you. Please forgive me if my plea sounds a little strange or unbelievable to you, my attorney who could have handled the process of executing my WILL & TESTAMENT on my behalf died early this year after a protracted illness. I am Ms. Mary Louis, a native of Brisbane Australia, I am 59 years old. I am suffering from protracted cancer of the lungs which has also affected part of my brain cells due to complications. From all indication, my condition has deteriorated and it is quite obvious according to my doctors that I may not live for the next couple of months prompting my decision to email you.

I am presently on admission at the intensive care unit of a London hospital in west London United Kingdom. It is the leading cancer treatment hospital in the world and I have been undergoing treatment there for late-stage terminal cancer of the lungs. I am computer literate and was fortunate enough to have my personal laptop with me, hence I am writing from my sick bed.
I want you to help me and do the work of God with my funds. I will appreciate if you contact me and furnish me with your full Names, Sex, Age, Marital Status, Contact Address, Phone No: and your Current Occupation to enable me write a letter of authorization on your behalf to my bankers, Zenith Bank UK, so that with my authorization they will transfer my deposited fund of ($5.4million Dollars ONLY) to your nominated bank account for the purpose of helping the poorest of the poor especially the orphanage homes and homes for destitute and the mentally retarded. you can also extend some part of the funds to churches and mosques and to those struck by natural disaster as indicated on my WILL & TESTAMENT .I have earmarked 5% of the total fund on cost of administration of WILL & TESTAMENT and also on logistics and other sundry arrangements that you may require.

The letter of authorization will further prove that you are the new beneficiary of my FUND, ESTATE, and WILL & TESTAMENT. The fund has an open beneficiary mandate and as such, it is whom I authorize or appoint to act on my behalf that the bank will recognize and release the funds to. Please assure me that you will not treat this offer with levity but will rather give my bequest continued existence. I will elaborate further as soon as I read from you and upon confirmation of your interest to my Bequest. Remain blessed in the name of the Lord Amen

Yours-in-Christ,

Mrs. Mary Louis
REPLY ME @ ( mrsmalouis16@gmail.com)

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