419 scam: "Rosemary Sanko"<803734899a@gmail.com> Re: Can you do this..

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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)
- "power of attorney" (with your bank details and a power of attorney form criminals sometimes empty bank accounts)
- "remain blessed" (scammers in West Africa like to use religious phrases)
This email message is a "dying widow" scam.
Barristers (lawyers) mentioned in 419 scams are always fake.

Fraud email example:

From: "Rosemary Sanko" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <rosemarysanko56@hotmail.com>
Date: Tue, 12 Jun 2012 20:26:48 -0500
Subject: Re: Can you do this..

Dear Beloved,

My name is Rosemary Sankoh,I was married to Late Dr. Edward Sankoh who
was an an oil merchant,We were married for eighteen years with one son
but our son died with my husband on the airplane crash Before he died,
we deposited the sum of $28.3m(Twenty Eight Million Three hundred
thousand U.S. Dollars) in a Bank and this money is still with the
Bank.

In 2010 I started suffering cancer, fibroid problems and hearing
impairments. Recently, my Doctor told me that I will die soon because
of the complications with the cancer problem. Therefore I decided to
donate this money to a reliable individual who will use these$28.3m US
Dollars to build orphanage and help the poor. So i decided to email
you and seek for your consent so that i will bequeath the $28.3m US
Dollars to you for this project.

I am taking this decision because I do not have anybody that will
inherit this money and my husband's relatives has been very hostile
and unkind to me since after my husband's death. I do not have any
trace to any of my family relatives because my parents eloped to
United Kingdom due to war and never mentioned home till they all died.
If i do not will this money to anyone, the Bank will take it. So i
want to bequeath it to you so that you can use it to help the poor in
your country.

Furthermore, you can view this below website to see what happens to my
husband and son

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/3348109.stm

For legitimacy, I will also give you a letter of authority (Power of
attorney) that will establish you as my appointed beneficiary to this
money. If you delay in replying this mail, i will look for another
individual that will accept to use this money to help the poor.

Remain blessed
Mrs.Rosemary Sanko

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