419 scam: RITA <gedith123456@gmail.com> happy new year my beloved

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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: RITA <gedith123456@gmail.com>
Reply-To: RITA <r_e_abed@yahoo.co.jp>
Date: Mon, 4 Jan 2016 20:26:40 +0900 (JST)
Subject: happy new year my beloved

Dearest beloved,
happy new year myÂ beloved .
I am writing this mail
with tears and sorrow to seek for your assistance regards to my
situation since the death of my parents. My name is Ms Rita Abed Fattah
Younes, 21 years old , originated from Benghazi-Libya , North Africa.
.My late Father General Abed Fattah Younes who was shot death by
Islamist-linked militia within the anti-Gaddafi forces on 28th July,
2011, the brutal killing of my mother and my only kid sister tooak place a
week after the dead of my father.

I am now writing to seek for
your assistance from Cote Dâ€™lvoire. I managed to escaped to through the
help of the United Nation, and now seeking asylum in Refugee Camp here
in Cote Dâ€™lvoire.,Meanwhile, the main reason why I am seeking for your
assistance is because of some money my late parent

deposited in
one of the banks here in Cote Dâ€™lvoire. which I am the next of kin. My
Father made a fixed deposit of One Million Eight Hundred Thousand Dollar
($1.8M). I need you to stand as my trustee so that the money willÂ be
transferred to you. You will get 30% of the money for your help. more
details will be sent to you as soon as i receive your response.

Yours Faithfully,
Miss Rita Abed Fattah Younes

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