419 scam: "Mrs.Rosalie Spagnolo"<rosaliespagnolo@yahoo.com> MAY THE LORD BE WITH YOU

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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:
- "dear friend" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.

Fraud email example:

From: "Mrs.Rosalie Spagnolo" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <rosalie.spagnolo@yahoo.com>
Date: Wed, 25 Sep 2013 14:54:17 -0700
Subject: MAY THE LORD BE WITH YOU

Dear Friend,

May the peace of the Lord be unto you.My name is Mrs. Rosalie Spagnolo. I am a widow, aged 65 years.

I am contacting you at the moment because I want to make a humanitarian gesture to the location of all sensitive souls.

In fact, I realized a project to help street children, orphans and people in difficult situations through my donation project. I was brought up in a

motherless baby's home,and was married to my late Husband for twenty years without a child,due to my FIBROID DISEASES which

severed my womb.Currently i am suffering from terminal cervical cancer and i have accepted my fate as the WILL of God.

Presently, I'm in a hospital where I have been undergoing treatment. I have since lost my ability to do anything myself and my

doctors have courageously told me that I have only a few months to live, due to the cancer stage.

When i hear from you i will give you more explanation on my donation project.

I await for your response.

Mrs. Rosalie Spagnolo

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