419 scam: "Mrs.Vivian Salem"<guowei@mail.bmrbmg.com> Dearest beloved one

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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:
- "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)
- "united state dollar" (this email uses bad English)
This email message is a next of kin scam.

Fraud email example:

From: "Mrs.Vivian Salem" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <msvivasaleem@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 3 Feb 2016 22:49:48 +0800
Subject: Dearest beloved one

Dearest beloved one

I have not considered this medium to be the best manner to have approached you of this issue being that the internet has been greatly abused over the recent years. I have decided to take this means seeing no other means could have been faster to reach you than the e-mail . My name is Mrs.Vivian Salem, wife of late Engineer Salem Nasim, an Iraq,Two year ago, I lost my husband Nasim and my three children -Husam, 15 years old ,Wasim, 12 years old and Merna, 6years old, this append when American tank shelled our car as the family attempted to flee heavy fighting in Baghdad.

View the Website below for detailed story of how i lost my family.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/shared/spl/hi/middle_east/04/vivians_story/html/1.stm

Before my husband and children were killed, he deposited the sum of us$6.500,000.00 (six million,five hundred thousand united state dollar) in a bank because my husband work with Oil and Gas company in nigeria before his death. This is the only money remaining in the account right now. My Doctor told me that I would not last for the next two months due to A Blood cancer {LUKEMIA}. Having known my condition I have decided to donate the money for charity through you since I do not have a child to inherit it and its better I do not die leaving the money here without it reaching to the poor and the less privileged ones in the society. and my husband relatives are not Christians and I don't want my husband??s hard earned money to be misused by unbelievers. I don??t want a situation where this money will be used in an ungodly manner.

As soon as I receive your reply I will give you the contact of the bank where my late husband fund is been deposited, I will also issue you a letter of authority that will empower you as my next of kin to my late husband fund. I was touched in spirit while praying last night and Almighty God Directed me to donate this money to you,as a Priests to use it for the good work of God. Please promise me that you will act accordingly as I stated herein. this most be kept confidential from eyes and ears of my husband's family. Hoping to hear from you.

Regards,
Mrs.Vivian Salem

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