419 scam: saint mary catholic hospital <saintmarycatholichospital11@gmail.com> TREAT AS URGENT

joewein.de LLC
fighting spam and scams on the Internet

Try our spam filter!
Free trial for 30 days

Home

About Us

Spam

419/Nigeria

Fraud

Contact

"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.

Click here to report a problem with this page.

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:
- "might come to you as a surprise" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
- "the consignment" (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)
- "consignment " (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)
- "god fearing " (scammers in West Africa like to use religious phrases)
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.

Fraud email example:

From: saint mary catholic hospital <saintmarycatholichospital11@gmail.com>
Reply-To: <saintmarycatholichospital@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 19 Nov 2013 11:14:33 +0800
Subject: TREAT AS URGENT

--
Saint Mary Catholic Hospital
P.O. Box 5
Adenta Accra
Ghana
Tel. +233-506-842-100.

Dear Sir,

Good day to you,This mail might come to you as a surprise and the
temptation to ignore it as unserious could come into your

mind but please consider it a divine wish and accept it with a deep
sense of humility.

I;m Doctor James Ryan, the chief medical doctor attach to Saint Mary
Catholic Hospital Accra-Ghana. On the 16-4-2013, the

chief controller for National safety commission brought four (4)
patient and two consignment boxes luggage of one of the

victim with serious bleeding from a car accident which took place along
the neighboring border.

After days while receiving treatment three of the victim died while one
survive. We took time to question the only survive

one if he has any luggage/consignment boxes with him he told us that he
does not have any of such.

During our investigation, we saw your email address and the content
$6.5 million in each of the consignment box amounting to

$13 million dollar which signify that the two consignment boxes belong
to you.

It is against the rule of the Christian doctrine that we should not
take/temper with what does not belong to you, the Rev.

father,catholic mother;s and leader has advice that you should be
contacted immediately for you to come for your consignment

boxes.

You should not be scared because you are dealing with a God fearing
man.For every thing we does, we always put it in the hand

of the creator of the universe who is our spiritual guidance to guide
with serious prayer to avoid having problem.

All you need to do now is for you to be great full to the creator of
the universe that your consignment was recovered by God

fearing Christain who will never shit any one.

May the peace of thy Lord be with you and your family, provide you good
health and long life Amen. I wait for your immediate

reply.

Yours sincerely,
Dr. James Ryan
(chief medical doctor)

Anti-fraud resources:

What can you do when you receive 419 spam