419 scam: "ROSELINE BROWN"<roselinebrown98@yahoo.co.nz> YOUR PAYMENT IS READY

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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.
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.
- roselinebrown84@yahoo.co.nz (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "ROSELINE BROWN" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <roselinebrown84@yahoo.co.nz>
Date: Wed, 5 Mar 2014 15:44:41 +0400
Subject: YOUR PAYMENT IS READY

Hello Dear,

I am Miss Roseline Brown, currently working with Bank here in Africa. I am 26 years old, I came across your file which was marked X and your released disk painted RED, I took time to study it and found out that you have paid VIRTUALLY all fees and certificate but your funds hasn’t been release to you. The most annoying thing is that they cannot tell you the truth that on no account will they ever release the fund to you; instead they let you spend money unnecessarily.

I do not intend to work here all the days of my life, I can release this fund to you if you can guarantee me of my security, by keeping this to yourself and providing me financial help after completing this transfer to enable me relocate either to your country or any other country of my choice, as I will be leaving the country immediately after this, if not, I will be seriously in trouble and my life will be in danger, you may not understand it because you are not an African. The only thing I will need from you to release this fund is a special HARD DISK we call it HD120 GIG.I will need two of this hard disk to recopy your information from the corrupted one, destroy the previous one, and make the transfer reflect in your bank within 24 banking hours.

I have been waiting for the right time to inform you on this matter, if you agree with me, I will take along all your details and moving the funds straight to your account which will be at no Hitch.

All documents you require to complete this transfer has been duly acquired, but my Boss and his colleagues wont transfer this funds because their intention is to divert the funds into their personal account after frustrating you by giving you unnecessary bills to pay most of which are illegal just to get you frustrated to abandon your funds after which they will tag it into their personal account. Do get in touch with me immediately, You should send to me your convenient tell/fax numbers for easy communications and also re confirm your banking details, so that there won't be any mistake.

Kindly get back to me as soon as possible EMAIL roselinebrown84@yahoo.co.nz

Regards,

Roseline Brown

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