419 scam: "Mrs. Silvia Rhonda" <divineencounter34@gmail.com> Re: use for work of God/charity

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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:
- "dear beloved," (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
- "the consignment" (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)
- "consignment " (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)
- "million united states 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)
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.
- holdingfinancedeliverycompany@gmail.com (Gmail/GoogleMail; can be used from anywhere worldwide)

Fraud email example:

From: "Mrs. Silvia Rhonda" <divineencounter34@gmail.com>
Reply-To: mrs.silvia.rhondaa11111@gmail.com
Date: Sun, 5 Feb 2023 22:22:10 +0000
Subject: Re: use for work of God/charity

*Dear Beloved,Greetings in the name of our Almighty God, I am Mrs. Silvia
Rhonda, a widow to Late (Donalson Rhonda) we are from Switzerland but we
live here in over-sea, we own Treasure Art Incorporated and Treasure Crude
Oil Marketers.I am 69 years old, I am now a new Christian convert,
suffering from long time cancer of the breast. From all indications, my
condition is serious and according to my doctor it is quite obvious that I
may not survive the sickness.My late husband (Donalson Rhonda) died in the
crash of Swissair Flight 111 on the 7th of September 1998. I have been
living alone since then. Almighty God is my comforter. My late husband was
very wealthy. We have a lot of properties including Shares and houses.After
the death of my husband, I made up my mind to do the work of God as a
missionary. I called our lawyer and I instructed him to sell all my
husband's properties and shares to enable me to raise some money to
continue my mission, I was able to raise the sum of (21 MILLION UNITED
STATES DOLLARS).The fund is in cash, I packaged the fund in a consignment
box deposited with a Security Company. 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. Please give 10% of the fund to motherless babies, You
can use 10% for yourself and give 10% to widows and use the remaining 70%
for the work of GOD.I have prayed and I told 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 and also help the motherless babies and widows.
After my prayers, I searched the internet and I saw your email address and
I decided to contact you.If you are interested in using this fund for the
work of God, please send to me your full names, address, telephone number,
occupation and age to enable me to give it to the security company for
immediate arrangement on how the consignments that contained the $21
Million will be released to you.view the plane crash link for more info:
cnn.com/WORLD/9809/swissair.victims.list/index.html
<http://cnn.com/WORLD/9809/swissair.victims.list/index.html>You can contact
the security company where the fund is deposited on this E-mail
below:holdingfinancedeliverycompany@gmail.com
<holdingfinancedeliverycompany@gmail.com>Contact the Manager Dr. Pedro
Wonders. I await your urgent reply.Most Sincerely,Mrs. Silvia Rhonda.*

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