419 scam: Kadimata Yusuf <kadiyusuf@rediffmail.com> I am Madam Kamble Kusimo, I need your help

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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:
- "a security company " (this will cost you money - be careful with upfront payments to anyone you only know through email, especially if they promise you a lot of money. NEVER send money by Western Union or MoneyGram to people you do not know personally - NO EXCEPTIONS! Instant wire transfer services are not meant to be used with strangers because they offer no protection against fraud. That is precisely why the criminals want you send money that way. )
- "the consignment" (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)
- "consignment " (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: Kadimata Yusuf <kadiyusuf@rediffmail.com>
Reply-To: kadiusman1@yahoo.cn
Date: Sat, 4 Aug 2012 17:13:44 +0100 (BST)
Subject: I am Madam Kamble Kusimo, I need your help

Peace be with you,

Please permit me to introduce my self to you, because you will be surprised to receive a letter from a stranger.

I am Madam Kamble Kusimo, We are from South Africa, but presently I am in Ivory Coast were my late husband worked for many years before his death, I married to late Mr. Godwin Kusimo for more than 25 years without a child, my late husband passed away on the 11th of March 2009. My husband owns a large coco farm in Ivory Coast West Africa, but after the death of my late husband, His relatives started treating me so bad, all because I have no child, and they later asked me to move to a small apartment out side our family house were I have been staying with my late husband, I have not been happy ever since my beloved late husband died, and they took all the landed properties that my late husband left, which was supposed to be under my care.

But to God be the glory, their was a documents that my late husband handed over to me when he was very ill, this documents contains about a consignment he deposited in a security company when he was still in Ivory Coast, the consignment contains the sum of $6.5MIILION USD, I have called the company telephone number on the documents and the director of the company told me that they have been looking for way to reach me been his wife that my late husband used as the next of kin that will inherit the consignment.

Please my reason of contacting you as a foreigner is because of the agreement my late husband hard with the security company, Please if only you can accept to help me in receiving this consignment in your country, I will be very happy, please I am not a greedy woman, what ever percentage you can take out from this fund for helping me, You are free to take it from the consignment and look for a better investment to invest the rest under your care, because my situation after the death of my late husband is very critical, I need an honest person that can help me to receive this consignment and use part of the money to arrange for my coming over to join you, So that you can help me to buy a small house and you invest the rest to any business you know better. Please reply me as soon as you receive this message with your full details, such as; your full Name, Home address and your direct telephone number. Because I will like the consignment get to you very
fast to avoid any of my late relatives known my way about.

May God be with you

Madam Kamble Kusimo

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