419 scam: Roselyn <roselynkones22@yahoo.com.ph> Hello Dear

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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:
- "i will like you to " (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
- "death certificate" (this phrase is often used in inheritance scams such as next of kin or https://www.419scam.org/419-murdered-businessman.htm">orphan scams. )
This email message is a orphan 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.
- roselynkones994@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: Roselyn <roselynkones22@yahoo.com.ph>
Reply-To: Roselyn <roselynkones994@yahoo.com>
Date: Sat, 5 Jan 2013 20:53:58 +0800
Subject: Hello Dear

Hello Dear

My name is Roselyn Kones from Ivory Coast in West Africa, i am 23yrs old, 5.3ft tall, fair in complexion and presently i am residing in a
camp here in a nearby country as a result of the civil war that was fought in my country.My late father Dr Oliver kones was the personal
adviser to the former head of state before the rebels attacked our house one early morning and killed my mother and my father in cold blood. it was
only me that is alive now as the only child and I managed to make my way to a near by country where i am leaving now In this camp. Its just like
one staying in the prison and i hope by God's grace i will come out here soon.i don't have any relatives now whom i can go to, all my relatives ran
away in the middle of the war the only person i know here is Rev.father David Eden who is in charge of the church here in the camp ,
The rev, father's if you contact him he will tell you more about me . As a refugee here i don't have any right or privilege to any thing, I want to
go back to my studies because i only attended my first year before the tragic incident that lead to my being in this situation now took place.
Please listen to this,when my father was alive he deposited some amount of money in one of the leading delivering and deposit house which he used my
name as the next of kin, the amount is $4.3M (Four million three Hundred Thousand Dollars),

I have my late father's death Certificate here with me which i will send to you latter, So i will like you to help me transfer this money to your
account and from it you can send some money for me to get my traveling documents and air ticket to come over to your place in order to further
my studies, I kept this secret to people in the camp here because i don't want to loose the money or my life.

So in the light of above i will like you to keep it to yourself and don't tell it to anyone for i am afraid of loosing my life and the money if
people gets to know about it.Remember i am giving you all this information due to my believe in GOD and hoping that you will not disappoint me.I
like honest and understanding people,truthful and hardworking person.My local language is french but i speak English very fluently. And please
respond to my private email for security:roselynkones994@yahoo.com Please i will like you to answer me these questions:
1.What percentage of the money will be good for you after the money is transferred into your account?
2. can i trust you as a genuine friend ?
Have a nice day and think about my condition here
with love
Roselyn Kones

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