419 scam: "Simbat Frida Adams"<abteilung@tt-zeckern.de> Reliable business partners needed ugently

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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:
- "any lucrative business in your country" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
- ",000,000" (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)
- "god-fearing " (scammers in West Africa like to use religious phrases)
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
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.
- faridadams@aol.com (AOL; can be used from anywhere worldwide)

Fraud email example:

From: "Simbat Frida Adams" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <faridadams@aol.com>
Date: Sun, 27 Nov 2022 22:26:03 -0800
Subject: Reliable business partners needed ugently

It`s my pleasure writing you this letter. Hope you are fine. I want to
use this opportunity to introduce myself to you. I am Simbat Frida
Adams, a 22-year-old refugee from Syria and the only surviving daughter
of the late Almar Raylod Adams of Syria, who was an oil and gas merchant.

I came to know you in the course of my search for a reliable and
God-fearing partner who can help me invest my inheritance of $20,000,000:00 (Twenty
million U.S DOLLARS) which my late Father deposited in a finance company.
I have decided to contact you because I believe you are a reputable
person and I felt you could help me with this confidential matter.

My father's business partner, Mr Roger Walterside, who was supposed
to receive this fund, was asking for 70%, which I did not agree with
because the initial agreement was 40% .

Can you help me to receive the $20,000,000:00 (Twenty million U.S DOLLARS) and invest
the money in any lucrative business in your country? Indicate your
interest by sending me an email to faridadams@aol.com so I can give you
more details about how the money will be wired to you.

Hear from you soon.

Sincerely,
Simbat Frida Adams

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