419 scam: "Mrs. Jeanne A Farnan" <mrsjeanneafarnan@gmail.com> My name is Jeanne A Farnan. I am 77 years old woman

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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. Jeanne A Farnan" <mrsjeanneafarnan@gmail.com>
Reply-To: "Mrs. Jeanne A Farnan" <mrsjeanneafarnan76years@hotmail.com>
Date: Wed, 5 Jul 2017 07:45:54 +0900 (JST)
Subject: My name is Jeanne A Farnan. I am 77 years old woman

Hello Good Day

I feel quite safe dealing with this important problem, honestly speaking I am writing this article to my heart with my heart with you with a heart full of pains, Tears and sorrows, I decided to contact you due to the urgency of my situation,

My name is Jeanne A Farnan. I am 77 years old woman and I am legally married to late Mr. Rallis Peter Farnan. Me and my late husband where both citizens of America and My late husband worked with an oil drilling company as an expatriate for Many years before he died. I and my late husband were both married without a single biological child of our own.

When my late husband was alive, he deposited the sum of five hundred thousand dollars (US $ 500.000.00 dollars) in Helping the motherless babies, supporting church activities and helping the non privilege children to continue their education, help the cancer woman in USA and all over the world.

I contacted you today after my private doctor just informed me that my breast cancer sickness has gotten worst and they are going to carry out a serious cancer surgery on my heart by next weekend which I might not survive, if I die during my surgery, the Therefore, I will want to help the offer to provide me offer empty bank account to receive the funds from the bank in London United Kingdom, you will collect 30% of the Due to the basic trust and confidence over this transaction I have decided to attach the copy of my USA international passport for your full trust to accept this Charity offer, may the Lord bless you

Yours Sincerely
Mrs. Jeanne A Farnan

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