419 scam: "Mrs. Monica Roberto" <knowcome092@gmail.com> Donation for charity work!

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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:
- ",500,000" (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)
- "00,000.00" (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)
- "remain blessed" (scammers in West Africa like to use religious phrases)
This email message is a "dying widow" scam.

Fraud email example:

From: "Mrs. Monica Roberto" <knowcome092@gmail.com>
Reply-To: monicaroberto180@gmail.com
Date: Mon, 27 Mar 2023 13:40:38 +0000
Subject: Donation for charity work!

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Greetings !!!

I am Mrs. Monica Roberto from Sweden living in CÃ´te d'Ivoire, I am a
widow suffering from long time illness (Cancer), there is funds I
inherited from my late loving husband Mr. Benson Roberto the sum of
($5,500,000.00 Million USD) which he deposited in bank before his
death, I need a honest and Faithful person that can use these funds
for humanity work. This decision was made because I don't have any
child that will inherit this money and my doctor has confirmed to me
that I have less than two weeks to live, so I decided to donate this
fund to individuals that will utilize this money to assist the poor
and the needy in accordance with my instructions.

Kindly 70% of this funds for orphanages, school, widows and other
humanitarian works, The remaining 30% should be yours for your efforts
as the new beneficiary. Please if you would be able to use these funds
for humanity work kindly reply to me. As soon as I have received your
response, I will give you further directives on how you are to go
about the claims of the said funds.

Remain blessed.
Mrs. Monica Roberto.

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