419 scam: "Mrs.Rosemary" <katrin.tzschoppe@t-online.de> Greetings to 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.
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.

Fraud email example:

From: "Mrs.Rosemary" <katrin.tzschoppe@t-online.de>
Reply-To: "Mrs.Rosemary" <rose_jjsons@yahoo.com>
Date: Mon, 31 Oct 2016 23:38:47 +0900 (JST)
Subject: Greetings to you,

Greetings to you,

I Mrs. Rosemary Johnson, a widow with long illness.I have money I inherited from my late husband, the sum of ($ 7.5M) and I need a very honest and sincere person or organization cooperated thatwill use the funds for the work of humanity ,

I want you to take 30% of the total funds for personal use While 70% of the money will go to charity "people in the street and help the orphanage. I will be like an orphan and I have not like someone in my family just to try the house of God is maintained. I do it for God to forgive my sins and accept my soul Because the thesis of diseases suffered so much for me. my late husband m at- he understand what is good to remember the widows houses of the orphanage and the poor in need, he saw me the day he came to visit the orphanage or home and ask me to marry you, I should follow in his footsteps and help at home from the orphanage, I need your urgent response.

Thank you.

Mrs.Rosemary Johnson

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