419 scam: Rita Konusu <ritakonusu@gmail.com> From Rita Konusu,

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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:
- "abidjan" (a location commonly mentioned in 419 scams)
This email message is a next of kin scam.

Fraud email example:

From: Rita Konusu <ritakonusu@gmail.com>
Reply-To: Rita Konusu <ritakonusu2@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 14 Jul 2015 19:30:33 +0900 (JST)
Subject: From Rita Konusu,

FromÂ Rita Konusu,
I am Â Miss Rita Konusu the only daughter of Late Mr Joseph Konusu from
Abidjan Cote D'Ivoire (Ivory Coast) . I am 22 years oldÂ girl an orphan, my mother died when i was a baby while my father was killed by his
brother, while he was alive, he deposited the sum of Â â‚¬7.400.000.00Â
(Seven Million Four Hundred Thousands Euro) Â in a bank in Belgium with my
name as the next of kin Â

I am urgently solicting for your ugent assistance to help me transfer and invest this money in your country also to help me to further my
education and to establish an investment such as investing in a stock
business, buying properties or what do you think? Do you knows much
about investment?

Secondly on your full acceptance to work with me regarding this purpose, Please
Â kindly indicate your interest by reply as soon as possible so that Â I
will furnish you
with every necessary information and the details on how to proceed further. I am willing to offer 25% from the total amount as soon as the transfer
is completed.

Your earliest response is required before it is late because of my present situation.
Thanks with regards,
Rita Konusu.

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