419 scam: "Karima Damji" <k.damji2013@gmail.com> Request for Business Collaboration

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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.
This email lists mobile phone numbers. Use of such numbers is typical for scams because they allow criminals to conceal their true location. They can receive calls in an Internet cafe from where they send you emails, while pretending to be in some office.
- +447452276238
This email lists free webmail addresses. Use of such addresses is typical for scams. Lotteries, banks and any but the smallest of companies do not normally use such addresses. Criminals use them to anonymously send and receive email at Internet cafes.
- karima.damji@tlen.pl (Tlen, Poland; can be used from anywhere worldwide)

Fraud email example:

From: "Karima Damji" <k.damji2013@gmail.com>
Reply-To: "Karima Damji" <karimadamji2@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 7 Apr 2014 22:43:46 -0700
Subject: Request for Business Collaboration

>From Karima Damji
21 Lowndes Square,
London SW1X 9ES, United Kingdom
Tel: +44-7452276238

ATTN: SIR

I hope this email find you in good health. In view of my correspondence with you, I unassumingly solicit for your utmost consideration, as this letter serves as a formal notice of my intent. In an open minded manner, I am purposefully contacting you to initialize business collaboration.
My name is Karima Damji, seeking business assistance and (or) collaboration with a foreign individual, corporation or organization capable of handling investment fund management on behalf of my family for a large volume of funds assets (Family fortune).
The said institution will be capable of identifying investment portfolio in home country promising great yearly returns and less risks and also be able to utilize available funds to actualize same investment overseeing investment for a period of 5 calendar years. The capital for investment is readily available and the proceedures of introducing funds assets to host country will be unveiled upon request.

Please get back to me for details of this offer including availble amount for investment and modalities of funds transfer strictly at the email address
karima.damji@tlen.pl

In the event that you happen to have no interest in such investment fund management offer please kindly ignore this email and you will not receive further emails from me.
Antiecipating your kind response,
Your sincerely,
Karima Damji

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