419 scam: MADAM OSBORNE LISA <w3058349@uwrf.edu> RE

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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:
- "million pounds" (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)
- ",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 mobile phone numbers. Use of such numbers is typical for scams because they allow criminals to conceal their true location. They can receive calls in an Internet cafe from where they send you emails, while pretending to be in some office.
- +447024050199 (UK, redirects to a mobile phone in another country)
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.
- barrgerryanderson75@hotmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: (sent from abused email account)
Reply-To: barrgerryanderson1@07168.cn
Date: Sun, 14 Aug 2011 21:22:33 +0100
Subject: RE

Compliment,

As you read this,I don't want you to feel sorry for me because I believe everyone will die someday.Please do not be surprise the way I got
your contact, its obvious that this proposal will come to you as a big surprise.This is because we have not met you before but I am inspired to send you this email,my Name is MADAM OSBORNE LISA, suffering from cancerous ailment.I am married to SIR. JAMES OSBORNE. an Englishman who is dead.My husband was into private practice all his life before his death.we live together as husband and wife which lasted for three decades without a child. My husband died after a protracted illness,My husband and I made a vow to uplift the down-trodden and the less-privileged individuals as he had passion for persons who can not help themselves due to physical disability or financial predicament.

I can adduce this to the fact that he needed a Child from this relationship,which never came,when my late husband was alive he deposited the sum of Ten Million Pounds(£ 10,000,000.00 Million Great Britain Pound Sterlings)which were derived from his vast estates and investment in capital market with his bank here in UK. Presently, this money is still with the Bank. Recently, my Doctor told me that I have limited days to live due to the cancerous problems I am suffering from.

Though what bothers me most is the stroke that I have in addition to the cancer. With this hard reality that has befallen my family, and me I have decided to donate this fund to you and want you to use this gift which comes from my husbands effort to fund the up keep of widows, widowers,orphans, destitute, the down-trodden, physically challenged children,barren-women and persons who prove to be genuinely handicapped
financially.

I took this decision because I do not have any child that will inherit this money and my husband relatives are bourgeois and very wealthy persons and I do not want my husband hard earned money to be misused or invested into ill perceived ventures. I do not want this money to be misused hence the reason for taking this bold decision. I am not afraid of death hence I know where I am going. I do not need any telephone communication in this regard due to my deteriorating health and because of the presence of my husband relatives around me,I do not want them to know about this
development.

MAKE SURE YOU WRITE TO MY LAWYER ONLY.

Contact my lawyer with the specified email address below:

Gerry Anderson Associates Law Firm.
Name: Gerry Anderson Esq.
E-mail: barrgerryanderson75@hotmail.com
Tel: +44-702-405-0199

Tell him that I have WILLED £10,000,000 to you by quoting my personal reference number LAW-HHALF-CEN-WILL-9675200512 and I have also notified him that I am WILLING that amount to you for a specific program and good work.

Remain blessed.
Your Sister,
Madam Osborne Lisa

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