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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.
Read more about such scams here or in our 419 FAQ. Use the Scam-O-Matic to verify suspect emails.
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Fraud email example:
From: "Mariam Camara" <mcama777@yahoo.co.uk> (may be fake)
Reply-To: mcama999@yahoo.co.uk
Date: Fri, 2 Dec 2005 22:31:31 +0100
Subject: Urgent Response
Dear good friend
Greetings to you.Please pardon me for contacting you
without any formal appointment or communication do
consider my status as asylum seeker in Porto Novo BENIN.I
will like to seek your assistance in receiving and
investing the sum of US$4.8M held in a holding company
in Europe.The money was deposited by my late father
who was killed last year by the rebels during the
uprising in Abidjan-Cote d' Ivoire. He was until his
sudden death a diamond /cocoa dealer in Angola and
Cote d' Ivoire which is where he made his wealth. Me
and my mother arrived Dakar months ago and confirmed
the validity of this deposit and then decided to
contact you for assistance in view of our present
situations. We got your contact through the Internet
data base while searching for my father's friends in
your country.
More details will be given to you as soon as i hear
from you.Please include some of your personal details
for us to establish a good business and family
relationship.
I look forward to hearing from you
Honestly yours
Mariam Camara
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