419 scam: "Barrister. Kwame Kwate" <cootoo@cootoo.co.kr> Re:Good day

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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:
- "barrister" (Barristers (lawyers) mentioned in 419 scams are always fake.)
This email message is a next of kin scam.
Barristers (lawyers) mentioned in 419 scams are always fake.
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.
- kwamekwate@hotmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Barrister. Kwame Kwate" <cootoo@cootoo.co.kr>
Reply-To: kwamekwate@hotmail.com
Date: Fri, 10 Jun 2016 05:20:31 -0400
Subject: Re:Good day

Hello my good friend, how are you doing?
I am Barrister. Kwame Kwate, representing HESSE AND HESSE LAW FIRM GHANA, West Africa.

I am contacting you on behalf of my late client Dr. Cecelia Yaw's only daughter Miss Rose, Dr. Cecelia was a foreign geologist work here in Ghana before her death, she left a deposit treasure in beneficiary to her only child with a private security company here, Rose stands to inherit today as the beneficiary, Due to some condition of this little young girl who seeks for a better future out from the country, since her mother is dead and she has no other blood relatives here, she has confided on me as her late mother lawyer to help seeks for a foreign guardian who can help her relocate out of the country along with her left inheritance.
All I require is your honest cooperation to enable us help the innocent girl through, I guarantee you with my good position in Judiciary Service, i will ensure every necessary paper is properly secured and be executed under a legitimate arrangement that will protect you from any breach of the law.

It is obvious to me that my message may sounds so strange to you and I could hardly flatter myself with the thought that you will easily accept my proposal for what it is, And provide me with the needed assistance, to receive Rose and secure her treasure with you, Indeed, you are a total stranger to me to repose such confidence on you, but however certain precarious situations can push someone to entrust on a stranger, just like as I am confiding on you at the moment, I am waiting for your reply direct to my private email: kwamekwate@hotmail.com

Thank you.
Barrister. Kwame Kwate.

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