419 scam: mya hb <mmyhb@buckeye-express.com> Beloved

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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:
- "i will advice you " (this email uses bad English)
- "abidjan" (a location commonly mentioned in 419 scams)
- "god fearing " (scammers in West Africa like to use religious phrases)
This email message is a "dying widow" scam.
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.
- myrahbao@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: mya hb <mmyhb@buckeye-express.com>
Reply-To: myrahbao@yahoo.com
Date: Fri, 29 Jan 2021 10:57:01 -0800
Subject: Beloved

Dear in Christ,
I am Mrs,Myriam Habib from yemen married to late Dr. Ben Habib,he deal on on Timber and plantation business in CÃ´te d'Ivoire, we were married for twenty years without a child, he died six after in confinement due to coronavirus , before his death, we were both born again Christian and had no child .

my late husband deposited the sum of three million ,five hundred thousand in a prime bank here in abidjan ,for charity project.

I am undergoing a cancer illness that has lasted for seven months now ,my doctor informed me that i may not last long due to the deterioration of my ill health condition ,it was a shock to me ,so i decided to donate this fund for charity work for God to a God fearing someone that can handle the fund according to my directives as the wish of my late husband

Your response to my mail will determine ,before i will give to you the contact of the bank where the fund is deposited by my late husband , for you will contact the bank as the new beneficiary fund claim in the bank for transfer to your account for the charity work

Your delay in contacting me will enable me look for a devout person that is ready to handle this project as the wish of my late husband

I will advice you to contact me via my email below

myrahbao@yahoo.com

I wait to read from you

Yours sister in christ
Mrs Myriam Habib

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