419 scam: "Mrs. Zanna Madiga" <rosemarydavis01@yahoo.co.jp> assalamu alaikum,

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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.
The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
- "your urgent reply" (scammers rush victims so they don't have time to think properly)
This email message is a "dying widow" scam.

Fraud email example:

From: "Mrs. Zanna Madiga" <rosemarydavis01@yahoo.co.jp>
Reply-To: "Mrs. Zanna Madiga" <zannamadiga@yahoo.gr>
Date: Tue, 9 Sep 2014 00:47:27 +0900 (JST)
Subject: assalamu alaikum,

Assalamu alaikum,

Greeting in the name of Almighty Allah The Most Beneficent The Most Merciful

Please donâ€™t be surprise by receiving my message, i am currently sending
you this mail from my sick bed in the hospital despite my critical
condition But don't worry, All i hope is that you will not betray this
trust and confident that I am about to repose on you. I have to thank
Allah this moment for his direction as regards this mission,

I am Mrs. Zanna Madiga. From Greece I am married to Late Mr. Habib
Madiga who is a wealthy business man here in Athens Greece we were
married for many years with out a child before he died after a brief
illness

Before his sudden death we where devoted muslim When my late husband was
alive he deposited the sum of three MillionÂ Euros (â‚¬3.000.000.00) in
one of the prime bank here in Greece Presently this money is still with
the Bank,and i am very sick from Kidney cancer that i may not last till
the next two months according to my doctor so i decided to donate this
money to a honest individual who will use it to work for Allah, orphans,
widow and maintenance of mosque and Church to fulfill the vow i and my
late husband made to Allah,and i have choosen you after praying,

I want this money to be use as i have said since i do not have any child
to inherit it and our relatives are all unbelivers and i don't want our
hard earn money to be use in ungodly way you will take 15% of this fund
and use 85% as i stated,the reason for taking this bold decision.

I know that after death I will be with Allah the most holy and the most
merciful as soon as i read from you i will give you more details on how
to achieve it,i need your urgent reply as i dont know what tomorrow will
result

Your Sister in Islam
Mrs. Zanna Madiga.

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