419 scam: "HDWARD"<roshdward1840@gmail.com> MAY THE GOODNESS OF OUR LORD JESUS BE WITH YOU

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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:
- "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)
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.
- roshdward1840@hotmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "HDWARD" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <roshdward1840@hotmail.com>
Date: Sun, 20 Feb 2011 06:15:11 +0100
Subject: MAY THE GOODNESS OF OUR LORD JESUS BE WITH YOU

I am Mrs Rosemary Hdward, from LONDON, I am 58 years old, I am deaf
and suffering from a long time cancer of the breast, which also
affected my brain. From all indication my condition is really
deteriorating, and my doctors have courageously advised me that I may
not live beyond the next two months; this is because the cancer stage
has reached a critical stage. I was brought up in a motherless baby?s
home, and was married to my late husband for twenty years without a
child. My husband and I are true Christians, but quite unfortunately,
he died in a fatal motor accident.

Since his death I decided not to re-marry, I sold all my inherited
belongings and
deposited all the sum of $5.2million dollars with a
Security Company. Presently, this money is still in their custody, and
the management just wrote me as the Legitimate beneficiary to come
forward to receive the money after keeping 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 as a result of my illness, or they get it
confiscated. Presently, I'm with my laptop in a hospital where I have
been undergoing treatment. I have since lost my ability to talk and my
doctors have told me that I have only a few months to live.

It is my last wish to see that this money is invested in any
organization of your choice and distributed each year among the charity
organization, the poor and the motherless baby?s home where I come
from. I want your good humanitarian, to also use this money to fund
churches, orphanages and widows around. I must let you
know that this
was a very hard decision, but I had to take a bold step towards this
issue because I have no further option. I hope you will help see my
last wishes come true.

As soon as I receive your reply I shall give you the contact of the
Security Company. I will also issue you a letter of authority, which
will prove that you are the new beneficiary of my funds. Please assure
me that you will act accordingly as I stated herein. Hope to hear from
you soonest.

Awaiting your reply on roshdward1840@hotmail.com

Yours in Christ

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