419 Scam – Advance Fee / Fake Lottery Scam (2006-01)

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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:
- ",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)
- "remain blessed" (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.
- rosemarieblumenm2@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: Mrs.Rosemarie <Blumen8@Rosemarie590.onmicrosoft.com>
Reply-To: <rosemarieblumenm2@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 12 Dec 2013 07:55:10 +0530
Subject: =?utf-8?q?CAN_I_DEPOSIT_=C2=A310=2C000=2C000=2E00_CHARITABLE_FUND_IN_YOUR?=
=?utf-8?b?IEFDQ09VTlQgPz8/?=

Beloved,

I am Mrs. Rosemarie Blumen Moldenhauer born in Munich, Germany with e-mail address: ( rosemarieblumenm2@gmail.com ), my husband worked with gold exploration company in India/Asia for 29 years. Before his death in February 2011 in Christchurch earthquake in New Zealand, He deposited the sum of Â£ 10,000,000.00 GBP with a Bank in London/United Kingdom, The Fund Was Meant To Open a charitable home for the less privilege and named me his wife as the beneficiary of this trust fund as the beneficiary of the funds but due to my present ill health I prefer to rather issue a letter of authorization to somebody to receive it on my behalf as I cannot come over due to my health condition. So I prefer to rather issue a letter of authorization to somebody to receive it on my behalf as I cannot come over due to my health condition

I'm in a hospital in India/Asia now where I have been undergoing treatment for esophageal cancer. I have since lost my ability to talk, and my doctors have told me that I have only a few weeks to live. My husband's family want me dead to acquire this wealth. I cannot live with the agony of entrusting this huge responsibility to any of them as they are unbelievers. I want these funds to be distributed to CHARITY ORGANIZATIONS. Please, help me Stand-in as the beneficiary to collect the Funds from the Bank and distribute to charity. I need honest and trust worthy individual that will utilize this money in accordance with my instruction. I want the funds to be used in funding religious organizations, orphanages and less privileged propagating the word of God. I took this decision because I don't have any child that will inherit this money and my husband relatives are very unkind to me and I don't want my husbandâ€™s hard earned money to be misused. I am not afraid of death hence I know where I am going. I know that I am going to be in the bosom of the Lord. Exodus 14 VS 14 says that the lord will fight my course and I shall hold my peace.

As soon as I receive your reply I shall give you the contact of the Bank, for them to process the and transfer the funds to you. For legitimacy, you will be issue you a letter of authority that will empower you as the original-beneficiary of this fund. I want you to always pray for me, any delay in your reply will give me room in sourcing for another individual for this same purpose.

I have discussed my intentions of making you my next of kin with my pastor and father in Christ i.e. Rev Sermon Bartholomew and he is going to work with the legal chamber and Bank to secure this funds in a very proper and legal manner and he will make all arrangement in your name, as the beneficiary of the funds and also my next of kin, i decided to bring in my pastor and father in Christ to help procure the needed legal papers and secure the funds in a very legal manner to the bank to be transferred to you because it is him alone i can trust on this as he has been my pastor for years and has always been a helper on me with prayers and my daily care.

REPLY TO: rosemarieblumenm2@gmail.com
Remain Blessed,

Sincerely Yours.
Mrs Rosemarie Blumen Moldenhauer
EMAIL: rosemarieblumenm2@gmail.com

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