419 scam: "Mrs Rosemary Bonds" <officefile9883@cantv.net> Attention to you personally:

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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:
- "million dollars" (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)
- "your urgent reply" (scammers rush victims so they don't have time to think properly)
- "calvary greetings" (scammers in West Africa like to use religious phrases)
- "mrsrosemarybonds@yeah.net" (this email address has been used in a known scam)
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.
- +22967170881 (Benin, probably a prepaid mobile phone)

Fraud email example:

From: "Mrs Rosemary Bonds" <officefile9883@cantv.net>
Reply-To: mrsrosemarybonds@yeah.net
Date: Mon, 3 Nov 2014 21:43:59 +0700 (NOVT)
Subject: Attention to you personally:

God bless you and your family,

Calvary greetings in the name of Almighty God, I am Mrs Rosemary Bonds, A
widow to Late Dr Mark Adams Bonds(former Counselor of the Benin Embassy in
Madrid , Spain . we own Treasure Art Inc and Treasure Crude Oil Marketers,
we are very wealthy we have a lot of properties including Shares and
houses. I am 69 years old a new Christian convert. I am suffering from
cancer of the Pelvic my condition is serious, according to my doctor it is
quite obvious that I may not survive the sickness.

My late husband and my only son died in the crash of Swissair Flight 111
on the 2, of September 1998. After the death of my husband I made up my
mind to do the work of God as a missionary. I sold all my husband's
properties and shares to enable me raise some money to continue my
mission.he depositecd the sum of (US$21 MILLION DOLLARS) which he
deposited with a Bank here. Now that my sickness has gone to this stage, I
am scared and I want the fund to be used for the work of God all over the
world. I have prayed to God to direct me to an honest PERSON who will
receive this fund and utilize it for things that will glorify the name of
God, after my prayers, I searched your site in the Internet, I found your
email address and I decided to contact you to receive the fund. This is on
the condition that you will take only 35% of the fund for yourself, 5% for
any expenses, while you will use the remaining 60% for the less privileges
people in the society. If you are interested in using this fund for the
work of God, please send to me your full name, address, telephone/fax
number, occupation and age to enable me give it to the Bank for immediate
arrangement to release the fund to you. I can not predict what will be my
fate by the time the fund will be transferred into your account, but you
should please ensure that the fund is used as I have described above.
stated below is what i need from you as soon i receive all your
information i will contact you with an application letter .

1) Your Full Name.......
2) Your Address.....
3) your telephone number / Fax Number....
4) Your Age and.....
5) Your occupation....
6) A valid form of identification (International Passport Or Personal I.D)
If Any one available.....
7) Your email address.....

I await your urgent reply For more details, do write to me on my private
email address ( mrsrosemarybonds@yeah.net ) don't write me back on this
site, You can call my doctor on this telephone to talk to me +229 67170881
Most sincerely,

Mrs Rosemary Bonds.

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