419 scam: SAMUEL AND HELEN BEREWA <samuelhbe18@yahoo.fr> Please We Need Your Urgent Assistance

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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:
- ",500,000" (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)
- "your urgent reply" (scammers rush victims so they don't have time to think properly)
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
This email lists mobile phone numbers. Use of such numbers is typical for scams because they allow criminals to conceal their true location. They can receive calls in an Internet cafe from where they send you emails, while pretending to be in some office.
- +22508695944 (Cote d'Ivoire, probably a prepaid mobile phone)
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.
- samuelhelber77@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: SAMUEL AND HELEN BEREWA <samuelhbe18@yahoo.fr>
Reply-To: samuelhelbere77@yahoo.com
Date: Mon, 21 Dec 2015 22:14:36 +0000
Subject: Please We Need Your Urgent Assistance

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Greetings,
Good Day and God bless you as I introduce myself to you with all faith
and hope you will understand us and not to betray us or let us down at
the end. My name is SAMUEL and my sister's name is HELEN BEREWA. We are
the children of late CHIEF MAXWELL BEREWA,our father died years ago in
our country MENDE, Republic of Sierra Leone, He was into legal solid
minerals, diamonds and gold mining saleing which was under his positions
in government then, and he has succeeded in saving (US$9,500,000.00)
Million, during his Business on diamonds and gold mining selling, After
he went on a trip to Republic of Cote D'Ivoire near by country to our
country to save his money for security reasons because of the political
problems in our country, as our father returns back to our country
Unfortunately he is dead the rebels attack us and kill our father and
burnt our house and we ran to cote d'ivoire the country where our father
deposited the money and our mother also dead in hospital here and I will
not want this money to be kept like that without any investment purpose
please we are contacting you with full trust to assist and help us to
transfer this money to your account in your country for investment
purpose hoping that you will not let us down. we are going to give you
30% percent of the total money as soon the bank transferred it to your
account and the investment will be under your care,

The bank have been waiting urgently for us to give them the foreign
beneficiaryâ€™s details where they will transfer the money to. Upon your
reply we will give you more details about us and on how the transfer
will be executed, I hope that you will not let us down.

We are waiting for your urgent reply, Please reply us to our private
Email here (samuelhelber77@yahoo.com ) Our telephone number
+225-08-69-59-44, so that i will give you all the details. Best regards
Samuel and Helen Berewa

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