419 scam: Losia B <fredrickadams01@yahoo.co.jp> Hello Dearest, HOW ARE YOU?

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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.
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.

Fraud email example:

From: Losia B <fredrickadams01@yahoo.co.jp>
Reply-To: Losia B <losada@barid.com>
Date: Fri, 4 Sep 2015 06:21:42 +0900 (JST)
Subject: Hello Dearest, HOW ARE YOU?

Hello Dearest,
HOW ARE YOU?
Sorry if I've intruded into your privacy,it is a matter of life and death which forced me to send you this urgent massage.
I am from the family of Koni Bani, my father is the head of Cotton industry whom forma president L. Gbagbo used to finance his activities to preserved his grip on power but unfortunately things turn upside down when our house was attacked and burn in city of Dabou
There, i lost my mother and two sisters, After one week i found my father and my little brother in the hospital but before my father`s
death, he disclosed to me about his sum of US$18,500.000 (Eighteen Million Five hundred thousand dollars) he secured as a deposit and i was warned to look for a foreign partner and leave the country with my brother for our safety and I'm willing to offer you 20% of the total sum.
I am sincerely desire of your assistance if you can be trustworthy to secure the legacy process on my behalf, reply
Yours Sincerely
Losia.

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