419 scam: Lawrence Kamara <fatiklawrenc@gmail.com> Assalamualaikum

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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.
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.

Fraud email example:

From: Lawrence Kamara <fatiklawrenc@gmail.com>
Reply-To: info.fatimak@yahoo.com
Date: Wed, 15 Mar 2023 14:43:12 +0100
Subject: Assalamualaikum

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My Humble Greeting to you,

Please with my humble respect and regards, do not take this message as
a junk message,allow me to introduce myself to you.

My name is Ms Fatima. I am 21 years old, an orphan and daughter of the
late Lawrence Kamara, who was a Gold miner from the Ivory Coast. The
relatives of my late father have taken everything from me, now they
want me dead for my inheritance.I contacted you because I want you to
save my future and my heritage by helping me move out of here and
start a new life abroad,since I have been hidden and nobody knows
where I am.

I escaped with documents of money ($5.5m USD ) deposited in a Bank and
the problem is that my late father had an agreement with the bank that
I must present a foreign partner before the money is transfer abroad
for investment purposes. Now the reason I'm contacting you is to be my
foreign partner, so I can introduce you to the Bank so that the bank
transfer this fund to your Bank account in your country and as soon as
the money is transferred you will help me to continue life and
education in your country under your care and guidance. When I hear
from you, I will give you more details and information.

Best regards
Fatima

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