419 scam: "Mrs. Rosemary Paul" <test3@biznetvigator.com> RE: For your consideration:

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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:
- "million united state 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)
- ",000,000" (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)
- "here in united kingdom" (this email uses bad English)
- "united state dollar" (this email uses bad English)
This email message is a "dying widow" scam.

Fraud email example:

From: "Mrs. Rosemary Paul" <test3@biznetvigator.com>
Reply-To: "Mrs. Rosemary Paul" <rosemarypaul65@yahoo.co.jp>
Date: Thu, 05 Apr 2012 03:28:17 +0800 (HKT)
Subject: RE: For your consideration:

From: Mrs. Rosemary Paul
1 Harrow Place London E1 7DB,
United Kingdom

Dear Sir/Ma,

It is by the grace of God that I received Christ, having known the truth; I had no choice than to do what is lawful and right in the sight of God for eternal life and in the sight of man for witness of Godâ€™s mercy and glory upon my life. I am Rosemary Paul (Mrs.) childless widow my husband is a Merchant/Contractor for Twenty-Eight years with British Government before he died.

We were married for Twenty-nine years without a child. My husband was amongst the casualties of the terrorist attack that rocked London on the morning of Thursday, 7 July 2005, when my late husband was alive he deposited the sum of US$10,000,000.00 (Ten Million United State Dollars only) on 11th March 2002 with Bank in United Kingdom for investment.

Presently, this money is still with the Bank and the management just wrote me as the beneficiary to come forward to sign for the release of this fund or rather issue a letter of authorization to somebody to receive it on my behalf if I can not come over. Iâ€™m in a hospital here in United Kingdom where I have been under going treatment for my liver ailment. 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 this fund distributed to charity organizations any where in the World. I want you as a person that is God fearing/Trust that you will use this money to fund churches, orphanages, widows and propagating the word of God and to ensure that the house of God is maintained. I want you to invest this fund for Godâ€™s work on CHARITY in your area or any where in the World.

In short I want it to be used for the betterment of humanity. The Bible made us to understand that blessed is the hand that giveth. I am taking this decision because I don't have a biological child of my own that will inherit this money and I do not trust my husband relatives because they are not Christians also they have being bad to me since the onset of my ailment. I don't want my husband's hard earned money to be misused by unbelievers. I don't want a situation where this money will be used in an ungodly manner.

Hence the reasons for taking this bold decision. With God all things are possible, please if you would be able to use the funds for the Lord's work as I stated above, kindly respond back for further instructions.

Yours in the Lord,
Mrs. Rosemary Paul.
United Kingdom.

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