419 scam: "Mrs. Samuela Biswell"<ad@ypi.edu.com> FUOM Mrs. Samuela Biswell ypi.edu.cn

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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: (sent from abused email account)
Reply-To: <mrssamuelabiswell@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 11 Jul 2017 05:16:20 +0100
Subject: FUOM Mrs. Samuela Biswell ypi.edu.cn

Good day my dear, and how is life with you?

I am Mrs. Samuela Biswell, a wife to late Engr. Marvel Biswell from Australia, last three (3) years ago my husband late Engr. Marvel was awarded a contract in West-Africa by the past regime government of Nigeria before his sudden death as a result of Boko Haram bomb blast in Nigeria last year while at work site and since then my staying here in Nigeria is becoming more dangerous especially since the death of my lovely husband who left me without any child.

Please I really need your good relationship towards my late husband life time acquired money worth US$18.3Million out of this country Nigeria for an investment over there than here in Nigeria where a lot of things are going wrong. and my late husband account manager has called me several time to come for an establishment with the money here in Nigeria but I am not comfortable with such idea here.

So, my dear I, will appreciate if you can treat this humble request as urgency requires and once I confirm a good relationship between us, I will file a letter to the bank where my late husband deposited our life time acquired amount and advice the bank to move the money in your position for safekeeping and for further establishment.
Thanks and hoping for your reply for more information.

Mrs. Samuela Biswell

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