419 scam: Kate Attah <kateattah@live.fr> {Spam?}

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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.
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.

Fraud email example:

From: Kate Attah <kateattah@live.fr>
Reply-To: kateattah@yahoo.cn
Date: Mon, 15 Oct 2012 05:26:16 +0800 (SGT)
Subject: {Spam?}

From Miss Kate Attah

Greetings and how you are today, I am Miss Kate Attah I would like you to permit me to apply through this medium for your co-operation and to secure an opportunity to invest with you in your country. I have a substantial capital I honourably inherited from my late father late Mr. Christopher Attah, who rebels, killed recently in political crisis in our country.

I intend to invest this money in profitable areas in your country into a very lucrative business venture of which you are to advise and execute the said venture over there for the mutual benefits of both of us. It is the sum of$10.800.000(USD). I shall be glad to reserve this respect and opportunity for you, if you so desire, but do urge you to give the matter your immediate attention it deserves. I want you to be rest assured that everything is in order and legitimate it was due to the political crisis in our country that have just concluded recently.

My suffer ness is too much for me to withstand, comparable to my age, 22 years old and an orphan child. No father and mother, imaging myself being alone at this tender age. Sincerely, if you could help me out as you promised me, frankly speaking I will always be of enough appreciations to you throughout my life and I will always remember your goodness to me all the entire days of my life.

I promised to offer you 10% out of the total sum, provided you help me out from sincerely. I will give you every information¡¦s as soon as I hear from you to further this transaction immediately.

Yours Sincerely.

Miss Kate Attah

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