419 scam: Fatou Komar <fatou.komar@hotmail.com> Funds Transfer

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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:
- "00,000.00" (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 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.

Fraud email example:

From: Fatou Komar <fatou.komar@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: Fatou Komar <fatou-komar@hotmail.com>
Date: Mon, 12 Jun 2017 03:19:10 +0900 (JST)
Subject: Funds Transfer

Good day my dearest,
Please i am seriously in need of your help. I know you will be very surprise to receive such a proposal from a person you have not known or see before, but i contacted you based on the trust and confidence i found in you after reading your profile through internet, I decided to reposed my confidence in you and hope that you will not disappoint me. My name is Miss Fatou Komar. I am contacting you in due confidence to seek for your partnership and assistance into an investments in your country. I have six million five hundreds thousand Dollars (US$6.500,000.00) inherited from my late parents. I am an orphan and the only surviving child of my late parents. I want to invest this money into a lucrative business venture in your country where i have decided to spend the rest of my life. The money is available at the money where my late father made the deposit.

Please help me. I am willing to offer you 15% of the money as my compensation for your assistance to receive the money in your account. The remaining 85% will be invested by you into a lucrative business venture according to your professional experience. Any profit made from the investments, will be shared among the both of us.

As soon as you indicate your full interest to assist and work with me, Â I shall send you the scan copy of my international passport and photos for you to know me more. I will also send you the informations you may require to confirm the legitimate, availability and proof of the funds from the bank such as: The Bank Name and Bank Officerâ€™s Name, Branch Address, Account Name/Beneficiary, IBAN and the bank SWIFT Code.

I am waiting urgently to get your response.Â

Regards
Miss Fatou

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