419 scam: Jenneh Kandeh <ayenijohnolatunde@gmail.com> Re: Regarding Of My Late Father's Fund $1.2m

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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:
- "search for a reliable person" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
- "ecowas " (the name of a person or institution often appearing in 419 scams)
- "cotonou" (a location commonly mentioned in 419 scams)
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.

Fraud email example:

From: Jenneh Kandeh <ayenijohnolatunde@gmail.com>
Reply-To: jenneh_kandeh@yahoo.com
Date: Sat, 25 Mar 2023 17:41:17 +0100
Subject: Re: Regarding Of My Late Father's Fund $1.2m

Good day.

I saw your e-mail through internet serious search for a reliable
personality. My name is Jenneh Kandeh birth on May/23rd/1994 in
FreeTown Capital of Sierra Leone.

I am a nephew to Foday Sankoh, the rebel leader of Sierra Leone,
opposed to the government of President Ahmad Tejan Kebbah the
ex-leader, I have been on exile in the Benin - Porto-Novo. I'm current
residing at Porto-Novo BENIN due to war of my country, my mother
killed on 04/01/2002 for Sierre Leone civilian war my father decided
to change another residence country with me because I am only child
for my family bad news that my father pass away on 25/11/2020 during
the war.

My late father made a lot of money through the sales of Diamonds to
the tune of $10,200,000 (Ten Million Two Hundered United States
Dollars) This money is currently and secretly kept in a ECOWAS
security company here in Porto-Novo Benin, but because of the
political turmoil which still exists in this Africa.

I cannot invest the money alone, hence am soliciting your help me take
these funds into your custody and also advise me on how to invest it
and I want to add here that if agreed 35% of the total worth of the
fund will be yours minus your total expenses incurred during the
clearing of the fund in Cotonou Benin that 35% is a $3,570,000 is
yours out of the total fund after we confirmed the fund there.

While I wait to hear from you soon, my warm regards to you and your family.

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