419 scam: "Amina Idowu"<aminaidowu1@hotmail.com> PLEASE I NEED YOUR HELP

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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:
- "robert mugabe" (the name of a person or institution often appearing in 419 scams)
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.
- aminaidowu@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Amina Idowu" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <aminaidowu@yahoo.com>
Date: Wed, 23 May 2012 10:17:19 -0700
Subject: PLEASE I NEED YOUR HELP

Hello Dear

FOR YOUR KIND ATTENTION,

Due to my careful search for an honest, reliable and sincere business partner, it took me time to make up my mind to contact you and to offer you this proposal of mine of which my whole life depends on.

My name is Miss AMINA IDOWU, During the current crises against the farmers in Zimbabwe from the supports of President Robert Mugabe to claim all the white-owned farms to his party members and his followers, he ordered all white farmers to surrender all farms to his followers.

My father is One of the most successful multy farmers
in our country and because he did not support Mugabe`s ideas, Mugabes supporters invaded him, killing him and made away with a lot of items in his farm.

Before his death, my father had deposited with FINANCE HOUSE the sum of (USD $6.5 MILLION) SIX MILLION FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS. After the death of my father, i re-located under political asylum as a refugee to seek for foriegn patner overseas that will assist me to move this money out of THE FINANCIAL HOUSE to your country.
As an asylum seeker i am not allowed to operate any Bank Account within ACCRA GHANA.I have agreed to offer you 7% of the total sum for your assistance as soon as the money get`s into your account.

I want truth and honest to be our watch word in this transaction. All I want you to do is to furnish me with your personal phone and private e-mail address for easy and urgent communication.

Thanks and God bless,
AMINA IDOWU.
aminaidowu@yahoo.com

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