419 scam: =?UTF-8?B?IlNoYXJpZmEgRGFtaWJhIg==?= <sharifadamiba18@terra.com.pe> (no subject)

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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:

The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
- "the consignment" (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)
- "trunk box" (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)
- "consignment " (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)
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
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.
- sharifadamiba@hotmail.com (Hotmail; can be used from anywhere worldwide)

Fraud email example:

From: =?UTF-8?B?IlNoYXJpZmEgRGFtaWJhIg==?= <sharifadamiba18@terra.com.pe>
Date:
Subject:

Hello friend, how are you? I am Sharif= a daughter of Late Mr. Pierre Claver Damiba, the former minister of coal &a= mp; mines Burkina Faso, who died few years back. The principal objective wr= iting this letter is to solicit your help, I want to present you to a secur= ity company as my father foreign partner which you shall retrieve a trunk b= ox my father deposited in their custody.

The reason I seek your help because my father during t= he lodging of the trunk box told the security company administrative/manage= ment that the content of the box was gold which belongs to his foreign part= ner and it was agreed and signed that on his absence the consignment will o= nly be release to his partner by authorization of his only daughter which I= am. I understand that he made the deposit this way just for his security.<= br>

The box real content is sum of USD12.5M (Twelve Million Five Hun= dred Thousand United States Dollars) and you are privilege to 20% of the to= tal fund. Please reply-to this e-mail: sharifadamiba@hotmail.com
<= p>
Yours sincerely;
Sharifa= Damiba.

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