419 scam: "Mrs.Rosemary Kouakou" <mrs.purityqaume01@gmail.com> Estimado en Cristo,

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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:
- "abidjan" (a location commonly mentioned in 419 scams)
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.

Fraud email example:

From: "Mrs.Rosemary Kouakou" <mrs.purityqaume01@gmail.com>
Reply-To: rosemary17ci@yahoo.com
Date: Thu, 6 Mar 2014 22:42:08 +0100
Subject: Estimado en Cristo,

Estimado en Cristo,

Os saludo en el nombre de nuestro Señor Jesucristo, yo sé que usted se
sorprenderá de recibir este mensaje, Gloria a Dios, que me trajo a ti.

Yo soy el señora.Rosemary Kouakou, Una viuda de envejecimiento que
sufre de una larga enfermedad. Actualmente soy admitido en un hospital
privado de Abidjan.Tengo algunos fondos que heredé de mi difunto
esposo amoroso, el Sr. Michael Kouakou la suma de un millón
ochocientos mil dólares estado unidos. ( EE.UU. $ 1.800 . 000 )
depositados en el banco aquí y necesito un muy honesto y temeroso de
Dios cristiano, como usted puede utilizar estos fondos para la obra de
Dios y el 10% del total de fondos será para su compensación por hacer
esta obra de Dios.

Encontré su dirección de correo electrónico en su organización del
país después de mis oraciones y me decidí a contactar con usted.

Por favor, si usted desea ser capaz de utilizar estos fondos para la
obra del Señor amablemente me responda para que yo te daré el contacto
del banco para que usted pueda contactar con ellos y la solicitud de
la transferencia de fondos a su cuenta bancaria

Saludos
hermana en Cristo.
Mrs.Rosemary Kouakou

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