419 scam: "Benita Kip"<benitakip.kones@hotmail.com> Save This Soul And Be Blessed

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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)
- "huge amount of money" (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)
- "offshore account" (Banks mentioned in 419 scams are always fake (real banks don't communicate using mobile phones or free webmail addresses))
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.

Fraud email example:

From: "Benita Kip" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <benitakipkones@hotmail.com>
Date: Mon, 4 Mar 2013 12:29:26 -0600
Subject: Save This Soul And Be Blessed

My Dearest One,

I am writing this mail to you with tears and sorrow from my heart. With due respect,My name is Miss Benita Kipkalya Kones, 24yrs old female and I held from Kenya in East Africa. The plane crashed on the Tuesday 10th, June,2008.That lead me into a refugee camp.

You can read more about the crash through the below site:
http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/africa/06/10/kenya.crash/index.html

After the burial of my father, my stepmother and uncle conspired and sold my father's property to an Italian Expatriate which they shared the money among themselves leaving me with nothing . One faithful morning, I came across one of my father's briefcase and found some documents showing that he has an offshore account where He deposited some huge amount of money , with my name as the next of kin.

With trust, i will give you the contact of the bank on your reply if you accept to assist me.

reply to my new email address for protection ( )

Miss Benita Kipkalya Kones

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