419 scam: mabel kamara <mabelkamara01@hotmail.fr> Dearest One, I Need Your Help.

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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:
- "dearest one," (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
- "might come to you as a surprise" (a common phrase found 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: mabel kamara <mabelkamara01@hotmail.fr>
Reply-To: m2011kamara@yahoo.com
Date: Thu, 29 Sep 2011 17:55:52 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: Dearest One, I Need Your Help.

Dearest One, I Need Your Help.

Greetings, Hope all is well with you, this message might come to you as a
surprise because we never meet or communicate with each other before,
please let this message never come to you as a surprise since I am
contacting you for goods and in good faith. My name is Miss,Mabel Kamara
from Ivory Coast West Africa; I was searching for a very reliable
Person, who will assist me in my investment plans over there,

I am very pleased to come across your contact details and I will use
this opportunity to request for your assistance in my investment plans
in your area, I have some reasonable amount which I inherited from my
late father who was a traditional ruler and an international business
man before his death, now I am ready and wanted to relocate out of this
country and come over there to your area so that I will secure a
business opportunity.

I have some reasonable amount worth 3,200,000$USD which I inherited from
my late father who was a traditional ruler also an international
business man before his death recently.

I wish to invest in Agricultural Project and Real Estate in your base
because we do not have fair investment opportunities here in our country
because of frequent political crisis. plz your assistance is needed to
enable me achieve my goals.

Thanks Your urgent response is needed so that I will give you full details.

Yours Faithfully

MabelKamara

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