419 scam: Mtassara Rosa <officr@tim.it> Please Read.

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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.
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.

Fraud email example:

From: Mtassara Rosa <officr@tim.it>
Reply-To: mtarosa19600@yahoo.com
Date: Sun, 23 Jul 2017 14:56:33 +0200 (CEST)
Subject: Please Read.

Compliments of the day to you! I'm Mtassara Rosa, the mother to Gerard St.
Mtassara and Yvette St. Mtassara who both died untimely in an Egypt Air crash
of 1999.

I'm
from the country of Malaysia, I lost my husband for almost 3 years now and I
have been living with this pain till date. We are hospitable people and
decided
to serve mankind to the best of our ability. Since the death of my children
(Gerard St. Mtassara and Yvette St. Mtassara), I have lived with the memories,
fighting effortlessly to lead a normal life but all to no avail. I suffered
psychologically and shortly was diagnosed of Cancer. I write to you, having
sourced your address from a database in my late children's internet dozier
after fervent prayers. Before their death, my family had a joint account and
deposited sum of $5.2 Million I need an individual that will utilize this fund
inherently for these purposes: to assist the poor and helpless, motherless home
These are the wishes of a dying woman. hence my decision as I do not have a
child to take over my inheritance. All I need from you is Truthfulness, Honesty
and Sincerity assuring me that you can in all honesty and obedience utilize the
funds for.

I await your immediate response.

Kinds Regards
Mtassara Rosa
(408) 681-9567

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