419 scam: Tamiko Junior <pusdarling@dephut.go.id> PLEASE HELP ME

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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: Tamiko Junior <pusdarling@dephut.go.id>
Reply-To: Tamiko Junior <suncoventures@ovi.com>
Date: Thu, 3 Jun 2010 22:17:53 +0700 (WIT)
Subject: PLEASE HELP ME

Hello my friend,

I am very glad to write to you this good words of mine,hope this email finds you in good health, i come across your profile on this site as i deem it very necessary to get in touch with u for a long-lasting relationship. my name is Tamiko Junior, 17yrs old from Ghana, and it is my desire to make long-lasting friendship with you. i am the eldest son to my father who was a gold miner, because my father was wealthy, his own brother my uncle killed him and took over his property, but unfortunately for him he did not know my father had disclosed to me before he died that he has a trunk full of gold and its the chief of our town that only knows about it.

Well i did not want my wicked uncle to know about this so the chief of my town has told me to look for someone who i outside the country and abroad, to help me get it out from Ghana, where i can sell it there and use the money i will get to invest in a lucrative business and also use some to further my education, this is why i am writing to you to help me see the chief so that we will be able to get the trunk of gold out of Ghana. It is only 300 kilograms.

I know God is going to touch your heart so that you will get good mind to help me with this as i am also going to let you have a share of it.

Hope to hear from you so that we will know what to do.you can write to me on my email

Sincerely Yours,
Tamiko.

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