419 scam: Aakifah Yarah Garna <gonnta2143@yahoo.co.jp> From Miss Aakifah Yarah Garna

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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:
- "will come to you as a surprise" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
- "million united states dollars" (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)
- "00,000.00" (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)
- "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.

Fraud email example:

From: Aakifah Yarah Garna <gonnta2143@yahoo.co.jp>
Reply-To: Aakifah Yarah Garna <a.yarah93@yahoo.com>
Date: Sat, 13 Dec 2014 02:32:20 +0900 (JST)
Subject: From Miss Aakifah Yarah Garna

>From Miss Aakifah Yarah Garna

Permit me to inform you of my desire. I am quite aware that my message will come to you as a surprise because it is indeed very strange for someone you have not met before to contact you in this regard.

I am Miss Aakifah Yarah Garna from Abidjan Cote D'Ivoire (Ivory Coast).I am 21 years old girl orphan. The only daughter of late Mr. Budhi Sukma Garna from Indonesia, we are native of BANDUNG in
IDONESIA but i was born and brought up here in IVORY COAST. My father was the Quality Control Supervisor at Tullow Oil PLC in Ivory Coast. He was killed by the rebels during the political crisis in Ivory Coast on the
13th of may 2010.

Before the death of my beloved father. He has a sum of USD$ 3,200,000.00 Million United States dollars deposited in prime bank here in Abidjan,
that he used my name as his only daughter for the next of kin. The fund is still in the bank.
Since after the death of my father, i tried to locate our families in Indonesia but i could not find them.
Now I have decided to seek for an honest individual or organization whom I will transfer this funds to his/her account, so that i will go over there and continue on with my life.

On your full acceptance to work with me regarding this purpose, kindly indicate your interest by reply back to me so that I will furnish you with the needful information and the details on how to proceed further , i will offer you 20% of the money for your help.

May God bless you for your prompt attention. My best and Lovely Regards to you and all your family as you contact me for more details
I need your help

Thanks
Miss Aakifah Yarah Garna

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