419 scam: Miss Rosine Potthof <nordeste@consmetal.com.br> Re: My Dearest One

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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:
- "god fearing " (scammers in West Africa like to use religious phrases)
- "rosinapotthof@live.co.uk" (this email address has been used in a known scam)
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.

Fraud email example:

From: Miss Rosine Potthof <nordeste@consmetal.com.br>
Reply-To: Miss Rosine Potthof <rosinapotthof@live.co.uk>
Date: Fri, 22 Feb 2013 22:04:37 -0300 (BRT)
Subject: Re: My Dearest One

My Dearest One

I am Miss Rosina Potthof, a German National, presently based in Cote d'ivoire, with my Father Roberts Potthof, who died on the 3rd January, 2011 during the Political crisis here in Cote d' Ivoire. Upon his death, my step-mother who is a citizen of Cote dâ€™ Ivoire started mal-treating me, sized all my late Fatherâ€™s Business and stopped me from attending school, she sized my International Passport and have docked me in a remote Village here in San-Pedro.

Before my fatherâ€™s death, on the 14th February, 2010, which is my Birthday party, he had given me secretly a certificate of deposit with a Security financial institution where he had deposited some funds, of â‚¬3.5 Million EURO with 98KG of Gold dust and explained all these were deposited as family valuables and He as well told me that no one knows about the deposit apart from myself and Him and advised that if anything should goes wrong during the election crisis that I should retrieve the amount and travel with it back to Germany to further my Education and get married in Europe.

I am now seeking assistance from a God fearing and reliable High profiled personality in order to get this funds/Gold retrieved and also seek your advice for any profitable business that I can invest in your country where you live in and also wish to ask if you could help take me Country to further my Education. Am willing to love and do what so ever you ask me to do if you could take me out of this Evil continent of Africa.

I hope to read from you as soon as possible.

Yours Miss Rosine Potthof
E-mail: rosinapotthof@live.co.uk

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