419 scam: Amira Kandel <amira_kandel@hotmail.com> Dearest respectful one.

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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 united state 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)
- ",500,000" (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)
- "united state dollar" (this email uses bad English)
- "abidjan" (a location commonly mentioned in 419 scams)
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.

Fraud email example:

From: Amira Kandel <amira_kandel@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: Amira Kandel <amirakandelci@yahoo.com>
Date: Sat, 26 Sep 2015 20:59:46 +0900 (JST)
Subject: Dearest respectful one.

Dearest respectful one,

My name is Amira Kandel a 20 years old girl from Abidjan Cote d'Ivoire (Ivory Coast) West Africa. It is my pleasure to contact you for a business which I itends to establish in your country, though we have not met before but I believe that sometimes one has to risk confiding in someone to succeed in life. Every human being need the other to succeed sometimes in life.

I have this huge amount of U$4,500,000,00 (Four million five hundred thousand United State dollars which I inherited from my late father before he died in 2014. Now I have decided to leave this country because security of life and property is no longer guaranteed but I cannot make any move while this money is still here. I want you to help me claim the money out of this country and I will immediately arrange and come over your country to start new life and further my education while you invest the money in a lucrative business.

If you can be of any assistance to me, I would be pleased to offer you 20% of the total sum for your kindness while the other 80% go to the investment.

I will be humbly waiting for your positive response.

Thanks and God bless you as you extend your helping hand to a needy fellow like me.

Sincerely,
Amira Kandel.

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