419 scam: "Mrs.ameena1kazeem" <rosemarydavis01@yahoo.co.jp> ASSALAM ALAIKUM, ALLAH BLESS YOU AS YOU READ

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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:
- "top secret" (scammers urge victims to keep the transaction secret because they don't want anyone to point out to them that it is a scam)
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.

Fraud email example:

From: "Mrs.ameena1kazeem" <rosemarydavis01@yahoo.co.jp>
Reply-To: "Mrs.ameena1kazeem" <ameena1kazeem@yahoo.co.jp>
Date: Mon, 9 Mar 2015 19:40:56 +0900 (JST)
Subject: ASSALAM ALAIKUM, ALLAH BLESS YOU AS YOU READ

ASSALAM ALAIKUM, ALLAH BLESS YOU AS YOU READ

For your kind attention will be very glad if you do assist me to relocate a sum of ($10.5m) to
your personal bank account for the benefit of both of us.

This
is a genuine business transaction, Only that I can not operate it alone
without using a Foreigner as required in my bank law, therefore I am
contacting you to stand before my bank as the beneficiary next of kin of
this fund, That is my reason of contacting you in this manner to assist
me actualize this better opportunity, also to share the benefit
together with me Insha Allah.

You will be entitled to have 40%
of this fund as a foreign partner, since you will provide a bank account
where this money will be transferred to, While 60% will be for me, by
indicating your interest on assurance of trust, i will send you the full
details and how this business will be executed. Please keep this
proposal as a top secret between both of us because the secret of this
transaction is as well as the success of it,
and if you are really
sure of your integrity, trustworthy and confidentiality reply back to me
immediately to prove your integrity, I will be looking forward for your
urgent response:

Regards, in sincerity;
Mrs Ameena Kazeem

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