419 scam: Ms Ariana Koma IMPORTANT BUSINESS PROPOSAL

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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:
- "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: Ms Ariana Koma
Reply-To: <arianakoma2014@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 9 Nov 2015 08:42:22 -0800
Subject: IMPORTANT BUSINESS PROPOSAL

Good Day,

Sorry for disturbing you, is just that i need your assistant my name is Ariana Koma, i am 16 years old from Syria. I am the only Daughter of the late John Patrick Koma, the Director of construction company. Please, I want to confide in you to help me solve this problem, which I have. My late father deposited a consignment with a security & finance company in London my parent including my only Erick Koma died in Syria crises.

One of my late father's friends, Mr. Chan Park is suppose to receive the consignment for him in Asia, all effort to contact Mr. Chan Park has proved abortive but I still remain the next of kin to empower a new foreign partner to assist and work on behalf of me, it is on this note that I am contacting you to please assist me to make claims of the consignments from the security company and help me invest the funds for the benefit of my future. I need an urgent adoption to help me facilitate issue because i want to continue my Education.

I have personally contacted the security Company and they have assured me that the consignment is intact and its ready to be released or deliver to any of my late father partner or anybody I empower to received the consignment, as it was instructed by my late father before he die, now what I intend to do is to empower you for the claim of this consignment on behalf of me.

Please, this is confidential, and I have not told anybody before about this, the consignment contains 22 Carats of uncutstone Gold and $9.8 Million U.S Dollars which according to what I see from my late fathers WILL, the money is in two silver boxes. I want to count on you because am sure and i have the believed that you can do it and be honest with me.

At the moment i did not have any financial power to handle this transaction alone and that is why am getting you involve to help me with one mind and solve this problem for me. I am sending this email on public cafe, I cannot say everything here for confidential reason.

Thank you with hope of your help. God richly bless you.

Yours Faithfully,
Ariana Koma

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