419 scam: Miss Veronica Kanga <veronicakanga4@outlook.com> Urgent Message from Veronica Kanga.

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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:
- "urgent assistance" (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 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.
- alnkanga@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: Miss Veronica Kanga <veronicakanga4@outlook.com>
Reply-To: <alnkanga@yahoo.com>
Date: Mon, 1 Dec 2014 10:36:32 +0100
Subject: Urgent Message from Veronica Kanga.

Greetings!

Firstly you don't know me before, but I am very sorry for the inconvenience
that I may give you. My name is Miss Veronica Kanga from Abidjan Ivory Coast in
West Africa. I am 19 years old. I am the only daughter of my late parents Mr.
and Mrs. Francis Kanga a Cocoa and Gold merchant who poison to death just of
recent by one of his family members and also my mother died when I was just two
years old baby, right now life is very difficult for me.

Therefore,
I am contacting you today to solicit your urgent assistance in transferring
this amount of money (US$8,550M) (Eight Millions Five Hundred Fifty Thousand
United States Dollars) that I inherited from my late parents to your bank
account and also to bring me over to your country to invest the money there and
to continue my education because my life is at risk here since I lost my
parents, though it is a long story.

The
said money was deposited in my name as next of kin in one the prime Bank’s here
in Abidjan Ivory Coast (Cote d'Ivoire) in a fixed/suspense account for onward
transfer to a foreign account. Right now my age didn’t yet attain the legal age
22 years to access to the money in the bank here but I can present any
foreigner who could help me transfer the money to a foreign account according
to the agreements signed between my late father and the bank, therefore, this
is the reason why I am seeking your urgent assistance in claiming the money
into any of your stable bank account in your country.

Please kindly let me know your
capacity in helping me and your percentage % you will take as commission for
your assistance. Please if you are willingly to help me then I want you to send
me your full information as stated below to enable me to introduce you to the
bank as my foreign guardian and the receiver of the money.

1) Your Full Name:

2) Address:

3) Occupation:

4) Nationality:

5) Marital Status:

6) Age:

7) Sex:

8) Phone Number:

Please kindly reply me back to
this my private email box (alnkanga@yahoo.com)

I am looking forward to
hearing back from you as soon as possible.

Regards.

Ms Veronica
Kanga.

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