419 scam: "Ms. Rosmah Majid" <msrosmahmajid1@juno.com> Re: Still Waiting To Receive Your Email,

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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: "Ms. Rosmah Majid" <msrosmahmajid1@juno.com>
Reply-To: <msrosmahmajid@propertybuyeragents1.com>
Date: Sun, 13 Mar 2011 09:41:29 -0600
Subject: Re: Still Waiting To Receive Your Email,

Dearest Friend,
Greetings to you, I want you to be my beneficiary if you can handle this project
according to my wish, I will be so much glad. I am an orphan and a single
woman originated from Asia. I have lived in United Kingdom for over 20 years doing
my Real Estate business. I have been suffering from a long time cancer of the breast
and became deaf after series of injections that affected my eardrum.

Presently, I'm with my computer in a hospital where I have been undergoing
treatment for cancer. Since I lost my organ of hearing and my doctors wrote to
me on a paper that I have only few months to live, It is my last wish to see that
the $4.5 Million I have in the bank should be used to build a charity organization
on my name in your Country in order to help the poor and motherless babies.
Give me this information if I can trust you and I will write to the hospital Attorney
to prepare the legal document on your name as my beneficiary.
Full Name............
Age/Sex..............
Contact phone number.
Address...........
Occupation.....
Marital status...
Country...........
With the subject to your response I will give you 30% of my funds while the remaining
70% will be used for the project. Get back to me immediately to enable me write to the
hospital Attorney to draft an agreement to seal up these funds in your name and you can
also deal with the bank directly if you wish. Please assure me that you will act
accordingly as I stated herein. Please you must treat this as personal matter as God
will bless you for helping the less privileged. Hoping to hear from you soon.

Yours Sister,
Ms. Rosmah Majid.
St Mark's Hospital,UK.

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