419 scam: "Jonathan Kaba" <jkaba1998@gmail.com> Be my foreign beneficiary

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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:
- "dear sir/madam" (a standard Nigerian greeting phrase)
- "the consignment" (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)
- "consignment " (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)
- "liberia" (a location commonly mentioned in 419 scams)
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.

Fraud email example:

From: "Jonathan Kaba" <jkaba1998@gmail.com>
Reply-To: j.kaba2000@zoho.com
Date: Sun, 6 Feb 2011 02:49:28 -0800 (PST)
Subject: Be my foreign beneficiary

Dear Sir/Madam,

It might surprise that I write this mail to you. I am Jonathan Kaba, 23
years old, and a Liberian refugee presently at the Refugee Camp in Ghana.
I am writing to let you know that my late father left a consignment of
gold bars and other precious metals as my inheritance before he died
during the war that outburst in Liberia. I and my ailing mother were
forced out of our country and now live miserably as Refugees in Ghana. We
have this consignment of gold bars and precious metals, together with a
liquid cash value in US$ of 12.4 million lodged in the Security Company
where my father kept here in Ghana.

I don't have any money to spend on my sickly mother now, and the funds I
cannot retrieve them now, since the consignment is still at the Security
company pending withdrawal. I want this consignment shipped through
diplomatic means to your country and I want you to be my partner to invest
the money for me. I and my mother are willing to compensate you with 30%
of the total value of the consignment, if you agree to receive it on our
behalf in your country. You are being our foreign beneficiary.

Please you can contact me directly via email j.kaba2000@zoho.com Thank you
very much in advance.

Yours faithfully,

Jonathan Kaba
Burma Refugee Camp
Accra, The Republic of Ghana
I am Mr.Stev

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