419 scam: "ROSALBA ROSON" <rosalba.roson@ao-legnano.it> 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:

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:
- "dormant account" (Banks mentioned in 419 scams are always fake (real banks don't communicate using mobile phones or free webmail addresses))
This email message is a next of kin scam.

Fraud email example:

From: "ROSALBA ROSON" <rosalba.roson@ao-legnano.it>
Reply-To: rosalba-roson@consultant.com
Date: Fri, 5 Sep 2014 23:53:10 +0200 (CEST)
Subject: HELLO DEAR

Hello Dear,

I hope this mail meets you well. I duly apologize if am interfering on
your privacy if this request is not acceptable to you. First, I didn't
come to you by chance nor by accident, I have come to you because your
name has put you in the centre of relevance in my life and my professional
career as a banker at this very moment of my life.
But before I go further I will like to introduce myself to you for better
understanding. My name is ROSALBA ROSON, a business consultant and I am
contacting you in regards to a business transfer of a large sum of money
from a dormant account.

Though I know that a transaction of this magnitude will make any one
apprehensive and worried, but I am assuring you that all will be well at
the end of the day.

I was the personal account manager to a deceased customer who had an
account with Ecobank Plc a South African bank. This account was created
with a different name to protect the account owner because he was a
politician. Unfortunately this client, his wife and their two sons died
recently in a ghastly accident.
After several unsuccessful attempts for me to change the name of this
account, I decided to trace someone with the same last name.
I want to present you as the next of Kin to this account and make
arrangement for the bank to approve the payment of this money to you as
next of kin.
I can make the bank declare the account serviceable and thereby approve
the funds to the next of kin. I seek your consent and partnership to
present you as the next of kin of this account, since you share the same
last name like this account names.

All I require is your honesty and cooperation to enable us seeing this
deal through. I guarantee that this will be executed under legitimate
arrangement that will protect you from any breach of the law.

I will furnish you with further details once I receive your response.

Thanking you for your anticipated cooperation.

Mrs. Rosalba Roson

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