419 scam: rosary thompson <t_rosary10@yahoo.pt> THIS IS ALL ABOUT THE WORK FOR GOD

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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)
- "my direct telephone number" (a "direct line" in a scam usually means an untraceable mobile phone number used by a scammer in an internet cafe, a redirection service number that forwards to a mobile or a free voicemailbox in a different country.)
- "cotonou" (a location commonly mentioned in 419 scams)
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
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.
- +22999815445 (Benin, probably a prepaid mobile phone)

Fraud email example:

From: rosary thompson <t_rosary10@yahoo.pt>
Reply-To: rosary thompson <rosarythompson123@yahoo.in>
Date: Thu, 25 Dec 2014 19:57:20 +0000 (UTC)
Subject: THIS IS ALL ABOUT THE WORK FOR GOD

Â Greetings in the name of almighty God,

THIS IS ALL ABOUT THE WORK FOR GOD

I want to begin by thanking almighty God for making me to contact you
today with this few words of mine, thou you may be receiving messages
of many kinds but please think into this message with Spirit of God. I
did not come to you to decive and cheat you, if i do, God will not
forgive me.I know you may think this is not true but i want to prove
you today that almighty God Â can do all things and nothing is
impossible before him.

I Â am Â Mrs Rosary Thompson From Republic Du Benin married with Dr
Leonard Thompson both of us where devoted christians and Government
functionaries here in Benin Republic.My husband died here after some
brief illness,Since then i have not get myself, from one sickness to
another until this my recent stroke.I am looking for a reliable person
or organization Â i will entrust $ 5.5 million dollars Â which my
husband deposited with one Finance firm for helping and spreading of
christainity and poor people in the society .

So beloved , If you are interested you can contact me with my email
below or you can call me with my direct telephone number for more
discuss and prove to you what i am telling you.

Yours sincerely,
Mrs Thompson Rosary
BP 144 COTONOU-BENIN SEGBEYA AKPKPA
Tel +22999815445.
rosarythompson@yandex.com

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