419 scam: Mrs Spagnolo <mrs.spagnolorosalina@yahoo.fr> Claim And Distribute This $6.2Million Dollars To The Poor!!!

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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:
- "million 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)
This email message is a "dying widow" 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.
- mrs.spagnolo33rosalina@yahoo.fr (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: Mrs Spagnolo <mrs.spagnolorosalina@yahoo.fr>
Reply-To: mrs.spagnolo33rosalina@yahoo.fr
Date: Fri, 28 Mar 2014 17:36:31 +0000 (GMT)
Subject: Claim And Distribute This $6.2Million Dollars To The Poor!!!

Greetings to you and your family,

I am Mrs.Spagnolo Rosalina, I am 66 years old,From Solomon Islands, and I am suffering from a long time cancer of the breast,I don't want you to pity me, but I need your assistance and trust.I was married to late Dr. Anthony Spagnolo, a contractor with UNITED NATIONS in Burkina Faso, West Africa, where we live all our Lives for Thirty-two years before he died in the year2004. But is quite unfortunately, He died after a Cardiac Arteries Operation that lasted only for four days, during the period of our Marriage we couldn't produce any child.

My late husband was very wealthy and after his death, I decided not to re-marry, I inherited all his business and wealth and sold all my inherited belongings and deposited all the sum of $6.2million dollars with a Bank in Ouagadougou- Burkina Faso, where we spend our life together with United Nations as contractor.

As soon as I receive your reply I will give you more details of my life and my wiches of contacting you.Hope to hear from you soonest. Please all communications should be through this email address (mrs.spagnolo33rosalina@yahoo.fr) for confidential.

Yours Sick Sister,
Mrs. Rosalina Spagnolo.

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