419 scam: rosemarykotze@virginbroadband.com.au My Dearest Friend

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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:
- "united state dollar" (this email uses bad English)
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
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.
- bendouglas557@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: rosemarykotze@virginbroadband.com.au
Reply-To: bendouglas557@yahoo.com
Date: Tue, 14 Feb 2017 19:05:35 -0800
Subject: My Dearest Friend

My Dearest Friend

Thank you for your past effort, I understand the totality of points on a
line with my bank despite that we failed to comply with International
fund transfer instructions. I later succeeded and the fund has been
transferred into an account visa card provided by a new friend from
Australia. I actually appreciate your past assistance and commitment.
Meanwhile, I dropped an international Automated Teller Machine card (ATM
VISA CARD) to my secretary while I instructed him to get and send to you
as soon as you contact him. The ATM VISA your card worth $1,850,000usd
(One Million Eight Hundred and Fifty Thousand United State Dollars) and
you can withdraw funds in any bank ATM visa machine around the world. My
pleasure is a polite reaction to thank you for this, though I may not
have the time to reach you again because Iâ€™m hospitalized for cancer
and lungs infection in one Australian Hospital which may lead to a
sudden death according to medical reports Please kindly donate 30% of
this fund to the charity organization, More especially (orphans at the
motherless babies homes) Contact my secretary immediately so that he
should send your programmed ATM Visa Card to you and his name is Mr. Ben
Douglas, His email address:- bendouglas557@yahoo.com

Please contact him with the following information below to avoid wrong
delivery and keep me update because i have contacted you on this vital
issue before without any update from you The information is thus:-

Send to him this mentioned details to avoid wrong delivery.

Your Full Name............
Current Complete House Address........
Contact Telephone Numbers.......
CELL PHONE NO.............
Nearest International Airport.......

Your telephone Number for easy communications between you and Mr. Ben
Douglas my secretary.
May God bless you and don't forget to update me as soon as you receive
the ATM card.

With best regards,
Mr. Kennedy Jackson

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