419 scam: "Mrs.Mary George" <mrsmarygeorge21@gmail.com> Greetings to you.

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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:
- "dear friend" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
- ",000,000" (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)
- "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)
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
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.
- mrsmarygeorge22@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Mrs.Mary George" <mrsmarygeorge21@gmail.com>
Reply-To: mrsmarygeorge22@gmail.com
Date: Mon, 15 Aug 2022 14:29:14 +0100
Subject: Greetings to you.

My Dear Friend,

Greetings to you.

Please do not view my plea as a contrived plot.My trusted family
attorney who would have executed my WILL & TESTAMENT on my behalf died
early this year after a brief illness.I therefore prayed fervently and
by the special grace of GOD,i was led to you.I am Mrs.Mary George,from
London UK,I am 62 years old. I am suffering from cancer of the lungs
and it has affected part of my brain cells due to complications.My
condition is deteriorating and according to my doctors i may not be
alive in the next couple of months,unless there is a divine
intervention.

I was orphaned as a child and got married to late Sir Jean George for
twenty years without having an child. My late husband
had chronic cardiovascular condition and died of cardiac arrest few
years ago.Jean and I lived in Nigeria for over 18 years,where my
husband a petrochemical engineer by profession worked and rose through
the ranks and became an executive director in a multinational oil
servicing and exploration conglomerate, before his untimely death.He
also established huge private investments that i supervised before his
death and which forms the major source of our fortune.

I have presently instructed my bank manager to release my fund to any
person I will introduce as the new beneficiary to my last wish the sum
of $10,000,000.00 DOLLARS with my bank the FIRST INLAND BANK NIGERIA
PLC. I decided to do this now unconditionally knowing that my days are
numbered.

As soon as I receive your reply and personal information as listed
below, I shall avail you with the official contact information of the
Bank to enable you contact the Bank without delays.I will also issue
you with a letter of authorization,so that my bank will recognize your
status as my new next of kin.

My fund has an open beneficiary mandate and as such,it is whom i
authorize to act on my behalf that the bank will recognize and release
the funds to and by this memo.

Please assure me that you will not treat this offer with levity but
will consciously yield my bequest continued existence.

Full Names:
Physical address;
Direct telephone number
Occupation
Gender
Age

I Await your kind response.

Sincerely Yours,

Reply me through my Private Email: mrsmarygeorge22@gmail.com

Mrs.Mary George
(London Uk)

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