419 scam: MISS MAWUSI KOFI <misssamiraibrahim@gmail.com> Hello My Dearest, please I need your urgent help!

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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:
- "million united state 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)
- "united state dollar" (this email uses bad English)
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.

Fraud email example:

From: MISS MAWUSI KOFI <misssamiraibrahim@gmail.com>
Reply-To: MISS MAWUSI KOFI <mewusikofi@barid.com>
Date: Fri, 9 Oct 2015 20:18:11 +0900 (JST)
Subject: Hello My Dearest, please I need your urgent help!

Hello My Dearest, please I need your urgent help!

Kindly allow me the modesty of introducing myself to you, I am Miss Mawusi Kofi Awoonor 28 years old Female from Ghana, West Africa, I am the only Daughter of my Late Father Prof. Kofi Awoonor. My Late Father is well known as a Ghanaian poet and one of the African distinguished literary figures, he served as Ghana's ambassador to Brazil and Cuba in 1980s, as well as United Nations envoy during the 1990-94 presidency of Jerry Rawlings. My parents were among the scores of people killed by Al Qaeda-aligned terrorists who attacked a busy shopping mall in Nairobi, Kenya on September 21, 2013. when members of Al Shabab, a Somali-based militia, seized the Westgate Shopping Mall in a hail of bullets in Kenya's worst terrorist attack.

I am constrained to contact you now due to the resent attack that has took almost the life of 147 people in our school by the same members of Al Shabab which my only two brothers I have in this life were killed by the gunmen.

Now I am presently staying in the Mission refugee camp here in Burkina Faso. My father of blessed memory deposited the sum of 18.3 Million united state dollars in Bank Of Africa here in Burkina Faso with my name as the next of kin. I had contacted the Bank to clear the deposit but the Branch Manager told me that being place an instruction on the fund that I must present a foreign trustee who will help me in investment of the fund. However, he advised me to provide a trustee who will stand on my behalf for the transfer. Please I am seeking for your help in transferring the money into your bank account urgently while I will relocate to your country to settle down with you. As you indicate your interest to help me I will give you the account number and the contact of the bank where my late beloved father deposited the money with my name as the next of kin as I have all the certificate of the fund with me here. It is my intention to compensate you with 30
percent of the total fund for your assistance and the balance shall be my capital investment in any profitable venture which you will recommend to me as I have no idea about foreign investment.

Yours Sincerely
Mawusi Kofi Awoonor

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