419 scam: mrsmary james <mail@jobconnectar.com> Esteem Greeting

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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:
- "god fearing " (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.

Fraud email example:

From: mrsmary james <mail@jobconnectar.com>
Reply-To: mrsmaryjamestaylor@gmail.com
Date: Fri, 08 Feb 2019 16:10:08 -0500
Subject: Esteem Greeting

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Esteem Greeting

I write to you in good faith and hoping that you will understand

the importance of my email. My name is Mrs. Mary James, I am 52

years old deaf woman aging widow suffering from a long time

illness for diagnosed for cancer my decision to contact you is

because I have been recently diagnosed with Cancer and the doctor

said I have less than 7 weeks to live. Since this sudden news was

announced to me, I have been reflecting over my life in the past.

It is painful that after over 24 years of peaceful marriage with

my late husband, we had no child of our own that will inherit our

numerous wealth.

In the past, I have made reasonable donations to the victims of

Earthquake in Haiti and to the same victims in Japan, Chile and

Thailand. Now that my health is gradually deteriorating, I cannot

continue to do all these by myself any more. I strongly desire to

reach out to the poor and needy people, but I would prefer to

continue this with the assistance of a kind person.

I have some funds inherited from my late husband, the sum of US

$8,500.000.00 (Eight Million Five Hundred United States Dollars)

and I needed a very honest and God fearing person that can be

able to utilize it wisely to achieve my heart desire of

supporting poor people around you and open a charity foundation

in the name of my husband. I found your email address from the

Internet and I decided to contact you.

Please if you would be able to use the funds for the charitable

work, kindly reply for further details.

Kindly reply I will be very glad to hear from you soon.

Your Urgent Respond is highly needed.

Yours sincerely,

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