419 scam: "Mrs.Aatifa Traore" <traoreatifat@voila.fr> Waiting for your reponse

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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:
- "hundred thousand us dollars" (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)
This email message is a next of kin scam.

Fraud email example:

From: "Mrs.Aatifa Traore" <traoreatifat@voila.fr>
Reply-To: aatifatraore1@hotmail.fr
Date: Sat, 5 Feb 2011 02:41:28 -0800 (PST)
Subject: Waiting for your reponse

Greetings,

I am Mrs.Aatifa Traore, an accountant in Bank of Africa, I need your help to transfer the sum of Twenty Three Million Five Hundred Thousand US Dollars ($23.5 million) into your account and I believed that you are a reliable and trustworthy person capable to handle this transaction and as well establishing a medium size industry in your country on my behalf as par my own percentage of the transaction. I saw this opportunity while rearranging the old and abandoned files for official reducumentation in our branch office.
The owner of this account late Mr Paul Louis Halley was the seventh richest man in France , He died with his entire family was among the victims of Dec, 2003 Air-Crash. You can confirm through this website;

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/oxfordshire/4537663.stm

My investigation proved to me that his company does not know anything about this account. I want to assured you that this it is real And a Genuine business transaction, hope that you will never let me down in this transaction, at the conclusion of this business, you will be giving 40% of the total amount, 50% will be for me, while the remaining 10% is mapped out for any expenses that may comes up during the transfer process. I look forward to your earliest reply for more details.

Thanks. Best regards,
Mrs.Aatifa Traore.

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