419 scam: Olive Kamara <olivekamara_1955@yahoo.co.jp> beloved

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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 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)
- ",000,000" (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)
- "abidjan" (a location commonly mentioned in 419 scams)
This email message is a "dying widow" scam.

Fraud email example:

From: Olive Kamara <olivekamara_1955@yahoo.co.jp>
Reply-To: mrsolivekamara_en@yahoo.co.jp
Date: Sun, 3 Oct 2010 08:45:35 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: beloved

beloved one,

greetings in the name of our lord . i am mrs olive kamara from switzerland (a

widow) . married to late coulibaly kamara , who hails from kuwait . i am now

fifty six years old and a new convert suffering from long time cancer of the

breast . from all indications , my condition is really deteriorating and it is

quite obvious that i wont live more than two months , according to my doctor .

this is because the cancer has gotten to a very worst stage . my late husband

died last three years and during the period of our marriage we could not produce

any child . my late husband was very wealthy . after his death , i inherited all

his businesses and wealth . the doctor has adviced me that i may not live for

more than 2 months . so i now decided to devide the part of my inheritance . to

contribute to the development of churches in africe , america , asia and europe

. i selected you after visiting your profile and i prayed over it before

contacting you .

i am willing to donate the sum of $ 5,000,000 ( five million united states

dollars ) to the less privileged . please , i want you to note that this fund is

lying in a bank in abidjan . once i hear from you , i will forward to you all

the informations you will use to get this fund rel

eased from the bank and to be transfered into your account .

Yours in the lord

olive kamara

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