419 scam: Rita Jams <adamssjrit2010@yahoo.co.jp> Hello Dear

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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:
- "hundred thousand american 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)
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.

Fraud email example:

From: Rita Jams <adamssjrit2010@yahoo.co.jp>
Reply-To: Rita Jams <adamssjrita01@yahoo.co.jp>
Date: Sun, 18 Jan 2015 14:36:41 +0000 (UTC)
Subject: Hello Dear

Â Hello Dear, happy new year 2015. Please if you can help me after reading this mail, reply to my private email so that i will send you all the documents and the bank contact.

My name is Rita James. 23 years old girl, I am a French Citizen from Ivory Coast because my father is an Ivory Coast while my mother is from Toulouse France, both of them met when my father reside in Toulouse France and they got married though, the marriage did not last long because my mother divorce my father when I was only 6 years old, infact i dont know my mother very well only on photos. Please , it is my intention to request for your assistance to be my foreign partner/trustee to transfer my inheritance money from here to your country so i can come over to your country and establish a new life because my uncles want to kill me here because of the money my father left for me in the bank. The money is worth of ($3.500,000.00) Three Million,Five Hundred Thousand American Dollars which my late father deposited in a bank here in Ivory coast.

Because of my father deposited the money into Suspense account, is not possible for me to withdraw money out from the account unless i find some one that will help me transfer it out to another country before i can use it and that is the main reason why i contacted you.

please i promise that after the transfer, i will give you 30% of the money for all your effort to help me. Please as am talking to you now my life is not safe here, I am hiding my self in one hotel because of my uncles, they are not happy with me because of this money in the bank, they are planning to kill me by all possible means to enable them be in a better position to claim this money at the bank. the bank director told me to look for a good person from any country of my choice to help transfer it out of the counrty so that i can go and have rest of mind in your country.

Please dear consider the painful condition i am now and help me

Thanks and God bless you.

Rita James.

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