419 scam: Ms Tessy Dumbuya <tdumbuya@writeme.com> CLAIM OF INHERITANCE

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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:
- ",000,000" (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)
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.
- t.dumbuya@writeme.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: Ms Tessy Dumbuya <tdumbuya@writeme.com>
Reply-To: t.dumbuya@writeme.com
Date: Mon, 05 Jan 2015 03:46:55 +0300
Subject: CLAIM OF INHERITANCE

Hello,

I am Ms Tessy Dumbuya from Freetown Sierra Leone in Africa.
I am sorry to bother you with my problem, but because I don't
know what to do or who to run to for help. My late father Chief
Coker Dumbuya was a Gold/Diamond Merchandise Exporter from
Sierra Leone and Ghana to North America, South, Central American
and Europe, but died of Ebola Virus last year alongside my
mother and my only brother.

Ever since my late father's death my uncles has been disturbing
me over the distribution of his wealth, they have already succeeded
in taking over all my late father's properties in Freetown and
leaving me with nothing. Then I discovered that my father has the
sum of $12,000,000.00 USD (Twelve Million USA Dollars) and 60KG of
Gold he deposited in Bank of Ghana as belonging to his Foreign
Business Partner and I have all complete proof documents in my
custody.

This is why I decided to contact you to stand as my late father's
Foreign Partner and help me recover this money and gold from Ghana,
since it is only when I present my late father's business partner,
only then WILL this be released.

I am presently living in a refugee Camp in Ghana. I will be glad
if you can help me recieve this money in your name and I will
come over to meet with you in your Country, since I do not wish
to go back to Sierra Leone with this money.

You will take 30% of the money and keep the rest for me. This is
my only hope of starting a new life.

Please reply me through t.dumbuya@writeme.com as I am
stranded here and can not even feed myself well.

Regards,
Ms Tessy Dumbuya
Email t.dumbuya@writeme.com

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