419 scam: "Rosemary Moore" <apu@texweave.net> DEAR BELOVED

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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:
- "huge amount of money" (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)
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
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.
- rosemarymoore234@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Rosemary Moore" <apu@texweave.net>
Reply-To: rosemarymoore234@gmail.com
Date: Fri, 24 May 2019 22:18:42 +0600
Subject: DEAR BELOVED

Hello,

My name is Mrs Rosemary J. Moore. am 75 yrs old of age,I live in New York
USA. I am a good merchant, I have several industrial companies and good
share in various banks in the world. I spend all my life on investment and
corporate businesses. All the way I lost my husband and two beautiful kids
in fatal accident that occurred in
November the 2015. Since I hard an experience of my families death, its
difficult to sleep and give rest, later in the year 2015 February I was
sent a letter of medical check up, as my personal doctor testify that I
have a lung cancer, which can easily take off my life soon. I found it
uneasy to survive myself, because a lot of investment cannot be run and
managed by me again.

I quickly call up a pastor/prophet to give me positive thinking on this
solution as my adviser. He minister to me to share my properties ,wealth,
to motherless babies/orphanage homes ,people that need money for survivor
both student that needs money for education, business women and men for
their investment and for future rising.So therefore I am writing this
letter to people who are really in need of help from me both student in
college to contact me urgently, so that I can make an available
preparation on that.

I have set aside a huge amount of money for donation and charity projects,
Especially women of the day, who are divorced by their husband, who cannot
survive the means of feeding their selves, please contact me and stop
weeping. Probably let me now what you really need the money for and if you
can still help me to distribute money to nearest orphanage homes near your
town. May the lord bless you as you reach me, I am willing to offer you
%30 of the money for your assistance in this charity project. Do send me
your full name and contact address when replying to my direct email (
rosemarymoore234@gmail.com ) I will give you more information as I await
your response immediately.

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