419 scam: SILVIA MUSAJAMMEH <silvia.musajammeh1@btinternet.com> Dearest one

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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:
- "will come to you as a surprise" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
- "trunk box" (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)
- "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)
- "abidjan" (a location commonly mentioned in 419 scams)
This email message is a orphan scam.

Fraud email example:

From: SILVIA MUSAJAMMEH <silvia.musajammeh1@btinternet.com>
Reply-To: silviamusajammeh@gmail.com
Date: Wed, 25 Aug 2010 17:28:28 +0000 (GMT)
Subject: Dearest one

Dearest one

I know this mail will come to you as a surprise since we haven't known or come across each other before considering the fact that I sourced your email contact through the Internet in search of trusted person who can assist me.

I am silvia Musa Jammeh 24 years old female from the Republic of Gambia, the Daughter of Late Major Musa Jammeh. My late father was Principal Protection Officer to President Yahya Jammeh. He died on the 19 Nov 2007 the Royal Victoria Teaching Hospital following an illness. You can read more about my father in the link below. http://www.gambianow.com/news/ News/Gambia-News-Major-Musa- Jammeh-Passes-Away.html

I am constrained to contact you because of the maltreatment which I am receiving from my step mother. She planned to take away all my late father's treasury and properties from me since the unexpected death of my beloved Father. Meanwhile I wanted to travel to Europe, but she hide away my international passport and other valuable documents. Luckily she did not discover where I kept my father's File which contained important documents. Now I am presently staying in the refugee camp here in abidjan cote d'ivoire I am seeking for long term relationship and investment assistance. My father of blessed memory deposited the sum of twenty two million, U.S dollars ($22,000,000.00) which my late father kept for me in a security storage house here in Abidjan

I am presently in refugee camp here in Abidjan where the money was been deposited in the private security company by my late father and he told me that I should look for someone who has a legitimate company abroad to help me claim the trunk box from the security company to his or her country for investments, I believe that as an advanced person and a legitimate business person you are that you will not betray the trust I am about to impose on you..

As soon I hear from you I will be sure that I am dealing with a liable person, then I shall give you the contact informationâ€™s of the security company so that you can contact them for any question / discussion on how the transaction would be done

Yours sincerely
silvia Musa Jammeh

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