419 scam: Rita Adama <ritaadama_12@yahoo.co.jp> From Rita Adama

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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:

An email address listed inside this email has been used in a known fraud before.
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:
- "may come to you as a surprise" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
- "your urgent reply" (scammers rush victims so they don't have time to think properly)
- "abidjan" (a location commonly mentioned in 419 scams)
This email message is a orphan scam.
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.
- r_itaadama2009@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: Rita Adama <ritaadama_12@yahoo.co.jp>
Reply-To: Rita Adama <r_itaadama2009@yahoo.com>
Date: Sun, 20 Jul 2014 16:33:43 +0900 (JST)
Subject: From Rita Adama

>From Rita Adama

After you read this my message please get back to me through my email id below ( r_itaadama2009@yahoo.com )

Permit me to inform you of my desire of going into business relationship with you.I am writting you this message with tears and sorrow and i know this mail may come to you as a surprise, since we have not known or written before. My name is Ms Rita Adama i am from CoteD'Ivoire africa where my late father deposited this fund .I am a orphan girl of 21 years old, I wish to invest in manufacturing and real estate management in your base, this is because Inherited an important sum from my late father who was poisoned to death
recently.
My father was a 16 years economic operator,director in his Company My father was a very good business man and also a politician here in my country, he was poisoned to death by his business associates and also his fellow politiciean on one of their business trips recently.Before his sudden death, He called me on his bedside bed at the hospital in my country CoteD'Ivoire in west Africa and he told me that he has a sum of $8.5 Million USD deposited in one of the prime bank here in Abidjan Cote D'Ivoire In west Africa , that he used my name for the next of kin in depositing of the fund.
I am going to give you 15% from the total sum of money once it arrive to your account and 5% will be set aside for any expenses that may occur during the transaction.

Awaiting your urgent reply (r_itaadama2009@yahoo.com )

Regards
Ms Rita Adama

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