419 scam: ms-sophia-coulibal@hotmail.com Re: Your urgent response is highly needed as soon as possible kindly

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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:
- "god fearing " (scammers in West Africa like to use religious phrases)
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.

Fraud email example:

From: ms-sophia-coulibal@hotmail.com
Reply-To: mssophiacoulibal@barid.com
Date: 10 Jan 2014 07:49:14 +0100
Subject: Re: Your urgent response is highly needed as soon as possible kindly

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Hello Beloved,
.
I am Miss Sophia I Coulibal 24 year old female from the Republic
of Ivory Coast, I am the Daughter of Late Chief Sgt.Ibrahim
Coulibal (a.k.a General IB ). My late father was a well known
Ivory Coast militia leader . He died on Thursday 28 April 2011
following a fight with the Republican Forces of Ivory
Coast(FRCI). You can read more about my father in the link below.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/apr/28/ivory-coast-renegade-warlord-ibrahim-coulibaly

While mourning my late father in our country Home, I saw in his
private room some vital information where my father deposited the
sum of ($15Million USD) in a vault of a financial firm as
precious stones and solid gold bar with an open beneficiary
belonging to a foreign expatriate. Due to the situation then I
acted fast to withdraw the documents pending when I will round up
with my father's burial and their traditional rites etc. When the
wicked family members discovered of this fund they resorted to
kill me because I am now an orphan in order to claim the funds
before I escaped to where I am at the moment. Now that I am free
to start life again and with advise from an attorney I met here I
decided to seek for a reliable, trustworthy and God fearing
person that will stand as my late father's business partner that
will receive the funds on my behalf.

I contacted the financial institution where the fund was
deposited to clear the deposit but the Branch Manager told me
that been a refugee, my status according to the local laws does
not authorize me to carry out the operation. However, he advised
me to provide a trustee or beneficiary who will stand on my
behalf. Your compensation and commission can be negotiated for
the expected services and assistance.

More details on how you will make claims of the fund will be sent
as soon as I hear from you.Please send your full names, cell
phone number, full address, like city and country we will work on
the funds being moved to you or get to know how you can receive
the money secretly and securely.

Your urgent response is highly needed as soon as possible kindly
send your reply to my direct email address at:

mssophiacoulibal@barid.com

Thanks for your anticipated co-operation and sympathy.

Ms Sophia Coulibal

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