419 scam: BEATRICE ASIAM <pusdarling@dephut.go.id> please write back

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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:
- "million us dollars" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.

Fraud email example:

From: BEATRICE ASIAM <pusdarling@dephut.go.id>
Reply-To: BEATRICE ASIAM <bea.ess@att.net>
Date: Mon, 20 Sep 2010 17:43:59 +0700 (WIT)
Subject: please write back

Dearest Friend,

I know that you don't know me, but i felt it right to confined in someone so that i can be able to live a good life that God gave me. I'm Miss Beatrice Assiam the only child/daughter of late Mrs Agnes Asiam. Address: suite 12 East Legon Accra.

I am a 20-year old girl. My dear I'm sorry to tell you this, but i have to. I was raped by my father when i was 17 who later killed my mother by poison on April 2007. My mother was a very successful farmer and cocoa merchant before her sudden death and right now i am with a female pastor by name(Grace Ofori) in another city.

Dear this is my life and story. But the reason why i am contacting you is to assist me retrieve my funds which was deposited in a bank by my late mother. The money i have in my consignments is twenty million us dollars,($20million) that my late mum told me she left in the security as Family Valuables here in Ghana.

It was the money she intended to transfer overseas for investment before her sudden death, She also instructed me that I should seek for a foreign partner in any country of my choice who will assist me retrieve the boxes out side Ghana into an overseas where the money will be safe and invested wisely, because of the corrupt officials we have here in Ghana.

therefore, I am crying and seeking for your kind assistance in the following ways:

(1) To help me stand as my beneficiary and help me receive my consignments there in your country so that i can come there and invest with the money i have in my boxes.

(2) To serve as a guardian of this fund since I am only 20 years old, I have decided to offer you 20% Of the total amount for your acceptance and willingness to help me, but my dear help me, not because of the percentage but because i need a new life.

Please kindly respond to my mail immediately. My personal email address is bea.ess@att.net

best regards
Beatrice.

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