419 scam: Karidja Bakary <karidja.bakary0012@mail.com> I 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:

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:
- "to your nominated bank account" (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)
- "urgent assistance" (scammers rush victims so they don't have time to think properly)
This email message is a orphan scam.

Fraud email example:

From: Karidja Bakary <karidja.bakary0012@mail.com>
Reply-To: bakary.karidja225@mail.com
Date: Tue, 28 May 2019 21:27:15 +0900 (JST)
Subject: I need your urgent assistance

Hello My greetings to you

I am writing you this email purely on the ground of trust because I don$B!G(Jt know you and we have not met before. I found you here and my mind convinced me that I can trust you, I am writing this email with tears in my eyes, let me explain it a little here, so that you will understand, my name is Miss Karidja Bakary 19years old. from Ivory Coast and the only daughter of late Mr / Mrs Daouda Bakary. My late father was a Gold and cocoa merchant before he was poisoned to death by his elder brother because of his wealth and properties.,

Please I need your urgent assistance for you to stand as my foreign partner in the management of $ 4.500.000 Dollar which my late father deposited in Bank here when he was alive. I wish to appoint you as my project manager to help me invest the fund in a good business, while i continue my studies in the university in your country. I have the deposit documents with me and I have discuss with the banker and he is ready to transfer the funds to any foreign bank account of my choice.

I am willing to offer you 20% from my inherited fund as compensation for your efforts to assist me after the successful transfer of the fund to your nominated bank account. Please take this matter as urgent because my life is not safe here after the death of my father. Awaiting your early reply.

Yours sincerely,
Miss Karidja Bakary.

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