419 scam: "Mrs.Rita Ofori" <mrumarunurudim@gmail.com> Urgent and Confidential

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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:
- "dear friend" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
- "into 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)
- "united state of america" (this email uses bad English)
- "foreign remittance department" (Banks mentioned in 419 scams are always fake (real banks don't communicate using mobile phones or free webmail addresses))
This email message is a next of kin scam.
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.
- mrsritaofori0@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Mrs.Rita Ofori" <mrumarunurudim@gmail.com>
Reply-To: mrsritaofori0@gmail.com
Date: Sat, 30 Jan 2021 23:29:01 +0100
Subject: Urgent and Confidential

THE DESK OF MRS. RITA OFORI
ISLAMIC DEVELOPMENT BANK (IDB)
BILL AND EXCHANGE DEPARTMENT,
OUAGADOUGOU, BURKINA-FASO.

Dear Friend,

My Name is Mrs. Rita Ofori, the Bill and Exchange (assistant) Manager
of Islamic Development Bank (IDB), Ouagadougou Burkina Faso.

In my department we discovered an abandoned sum of USD$9.3M (NINE
MILLION THREE HUNDRED THOUSAND U.S.A DOLLARS). In an account that
belongs to one of our foreign customer. Who met his sudden death in a
fire disaster on 1st oct. 2004 in Florida city united state of America
with his entire family, his wife and three (3) children. Since we got
information about his death, we have been expecting his next of kin to
come over and claim his money because we cannot release it unless
somebody applies for it as the next of kin or relation to the
deceased, as indicated in our banking guidelines but unfortunately we
learnt that all his supposed next of kin died alongside with him in
the fire disaster leaving nobody behind for the claim.

The request of foreigner in this transaction is necessary because our
late customer was a foreigner and a Burkinabe cannot stand as next of
kin to a foreigner. On the account of your reliability and trust
worthiness, I have decided to contact you in order to transfer the
said amount into your nominated bank account, its 100% risk free. Upon
receipt of the above mentioned I will send to you by E-mail a TEXT OF
APPLICATION which you shall re-type and send it to our foreign
remittance Department, for easy execution of the transaction.

All necessary documents shall be obtained on your behalf to back-up
this claims. Kindly contact me for security reason and for more
explanations and possible means of transferring the fund into your
account. If you accept my offer I shall compensate you with 40% of the
money, 60% goes to me, after which we shall visit your country for
disbursement according to the percentages indicated.

Reply with the assurance, come up with the information's showed below:
to my private E-mail mrsritaofori0@gmail.com

1) YOUR FULL NAME.......................... ..
2) YOUR AGE...........................
3) MARITAL STATUS...........................
4) YOUR CELL PHONE NUMBER........................ ....
5) YOUR FAX NUMBER........................ ....
6) YOUR COUNTRY...........................
7) YOUR OCCUPATION.................... ........
8) SEX......................... ...
9) YOUR RELIGION...........................
10) YOUR PRIVATE E-MAIL ADDRESS....................... .....

NOTE: THIS TRANSACTION IS CONFIDENTIAL.

Thanks for your assistance in advance.

Thanks,
Mrs. Rita Ofori
Bill and Exchange (assistant) Manager

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