419 scam: "Mrs RoseLindeAdams"<mrsolaoladipo@gmail.com> Dear Friend,

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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.
The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
- "dear friend" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
- "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)
- "god fearing " (scammers in West Africa like to use religious phrases)
This email message is a "dying widow" scam.
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.
- mrsroselindeadams1970@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Mrs RoseLindeAdams" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <mrsroselindeadams1970@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 23 Oct 2017 23:10:28 +0100
Subject: Dear Friend,

Dear Friend,

Greetings in the name of God,Please let this not sound strange to you

for my only surviving lawyer who would have done this died early this

year.

I prayed and got your email id from your country guestbook. I am Mrs

Rose Linde Adams from London,I am 58 years old,i am suffering from a

long time cancer of the lungs which also affected my brain.From all

indication my conditions is really deteriorating and it is quite

obvious that, according to my doctors they have advised me that i may

not live for the next two months,this is because the cancer stage has

gotten to a very bad stage.

I was brought up from a motherless babies home was married to my late

husband for twenty years without a child,my husband died in a fatal

motor accident Before his death we were true believers.Since his death I

decided not to re-marry,I sold all my inherited belongings and deposited

all the sum of 10million dollars with a Bank.

Presently, this money is still with the bank and the management just

wrote me to come forward and claim my money because they have kept it

for so long or rather issue a letter of authorization to somebody to

receive it on my behalf since I can not come over because of my illness

or they get it confiscated.

Presently, I'm with my laptop in a hospital here in Switzerland where I

have been undergoing treatment for cancer of the lungs. My doctors have

told me that I have only a few months to http://live.It is my last wish

to see that this money is invested to any organization of your choice

and distributed each year among the charity organization,the poor and

the motherless babies home.

I want you as God fearing person, to also use this money to fund

church,mosque, orphanages and widows,I took this decision, before i rest

in peace because my time will soon be up.

As soon as I receive your reply I shall give you the contact of the

Bank.I will also issue you a letter of authority that will prove you as

the new beneficiary of my fund.

Provide me with your information so i can send it to the bank as the

new beneficiary and issue you a letter of authorization.

FULL NAMES:__________SEX: _____ AGE: ______MARITAL

STATUS:_______________COUNTRY: ______

CONTACT ADDRESS: ________________________PHONE NO#___________FAX

NO#_________________

OCCUPATION:______________

Please assure me that you will act accordingly as I stated

herein.Hoping to hear from you soon.

Your Friend In Christ,

Mrs RoseLindeAdams

(London Uk)

Private Email:mrsroselindeadams1970@gmail.com

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