419 scam: Saldik Keita <saldik_keita111@sify.com> URGENT RESPOND,

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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.
The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
- "hundred thousand united states 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)
- ",500,000" (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)
- "00,000.00" (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)
- "utmost confidentiality" (scammers urge victims to keep the transaction secret because they don't want anyone to point out to them that it is a scam)
- "observe utmost confidentiality" (scammers urge victims to keep the transaction secret because they don't want anyone to point out to them that it is a scam)
This email message is a next of kin scam.
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.
- saldik_keita111@sify.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: Saldik Keita <saldik_keita111@sify.com>
Date: Mon, 20 Sep 2010 14:13:28 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: URGENT RESPOND,

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MR
SALDIK KEITA
OUAGOUDOUGOU,
BURKINA FASO
REPLY TO: saldik_keita111@sify.com
CALL:0022678189685

Dear
Sir,

RE: TRANSFER OF ($9,500.000.00 USD NINE
MILLION FIVE HUNDRED
TUSAND DOLLARS)

We want to transfer to overseas the sum of
($9,500.000.00USD) Nine Million Five Hundred Thousand United States Dollars)
from a Prime Bank in Africa.

I would like to ask you to quietly look
for a reliable and honest person who will be capable and fit to provide either
an existing bank account or to set up a new Bank a/c immediately to receive this
money, even an empty a/c can serve as far as it can receive money.

I
am Mr Saldik Keita an accountant and personal confidant to Dr. Ravindra F. Shah
who died together with his wife Dr.Mrs. Manjula Parikh-Shah in a plane crash on
the 1st Oct. 2003 on their way to attend wedding in Boston.

Dr.
Ravindra F. Shah, is an American, a physician and industrialist, he died without
having any beneficiary to his assets including his account here in Burkina Faso
which he opened in the year 2000 as his personal savings for the purpose of
expansion and developement of his company before his untimely death in 2003.

The amount involved is (USD 9,500,000.00) Nine Million Five Hundred
Thousand USD, no other person knows about this account.

I am only
contacting you as a foreigner because this money can not be approved to alocal
person here, without valid international foreign passport, but can only be
approved to any foreigner with valid international passport or drivers license
and foreign a/c because the money is in US Dollars and the former owner of the
a/c Mr.Ravindra F. Shah is a foreigner too, and as such the money can only be
approved into a foreign a/c.

I need your full co-operation to make
this work fine because the management is ready to approve this payment to any
foreigner who has correct information of this account, which I will give to you,
upon your positive response and once I am convinced that you are capable and
will meet up with the inheritance procedures.

At the conclusion of
this business, you will be given 35% of the total amount,60% will be for me,
while 5% will be for expenses both parties might have incurred during the
process of transferring.

You should observe utmost CONFIDENTIALITY AND
SECRECY in this transaction, and rest assured that this transaction would be
most profitable for both of us because I will require your assistance to invest
my share in your country.

I look forward to your prompt
response.please REPLY TO: saldik_keita111@sify.com
Sincerely,

Mr Saldik
Keita

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