419 scam: "rap kama" <raphkama@gmail.com> From Raphael Kamara

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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:

An email address listed inside this email has been used in a known fraud before.
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:
- "huge amount of money" (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)
- "million us 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)
- "abidjan" (a location commonly mentioned in 419 scams)
- "god fearing " (scammers in West Africa like to use religious phrases)
This email message is a orphan scam.
This email lists free webmail addresses. Use of such addresses is typical for scams. Lotteries, banks and any but the smallest of companies do not normally use such addresses. Criminals use them to anonymously send and receive email at Internet cafes.
- raphkamara01@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "rap kama" <raphkama@gmail.com>
Reply-To: raphkamara01@gmail.com
Date: Wed, 12 Jul 2017 19:08:35 -0700
Subject: From Raphael Kamara

From Raphael Kamara
Add: 7 rue St. Bernard, Gonzac,
Abidjan - Côte d'Ivoire.
Please reply me through this email address: raphkamara01@gmail.com

Hello dear,

Permit me to inform you of my desire of going into business relationship with you. I got your contact from the International web site directory. We prayed over it and selected your name among other names due to it's esteeming nature and the recommendations given to us as a reputable and trust worthy person we can do business with and by their recommendations we must not hesitate to confide in you for this simple and sincere business.

I am Raphael Kamara and my junior sister Juliet Kamara, the only child and daughter of late Mr and Mrs Chief Vincent Kamara. My father was a very wealthy cocoa merchant in Abidjan, the economic capital of Ivory Coast, before he was poisoned to death by his business associates on one of their outing to discus on a business deal.

When my mother died on the 6th August 2009, my father took us special because we are motherless. Before the death of my father on 30th of June 2016 in a private hospital here in Abidjan, he secretly called me on his bedside and told me that he has a sum of FIFTEEN Million US Dollars ($15.000.000.00) left in a suspense account in a local Bank here in Abidjan, that he used my name as his only Son for the next of kin in deposit of the fund and handed all the deposit documents to me.

He also explained to me that it was because of this wealth and some huge amount of money his business associates supposed to balance him from the deal they had, that he was poisoned by his business associates, that I should seek for a God fearing foreign partner in a country of my choice where I will transfer this money and use it for investment purpose, (such as real estate management or Five star hotel transport industry).

Please, I am honourably seeking your assistance in the following ways. 1) To receive the money for me in your account by providing a Bank account where this money would be transferred to.

2)To serve as the guardian of this since I am a boy of 17 years and I do not have business experience.

3)To help me come over to your country as soon as the money is transferred to your account so that we will continue our education and a new life.

We have it in mind to give you 10% of the total sum(15 million US Dollars), and 10% share in any investment we will embark upon if you assist us. We will also set aside 5% of the funds for ancillary expenses which you will make in course of this transaction- fax messages, phone calls etc.

This fortune we have revealed to you should remain confidential as it only you who we have told about it.

Please reply me through this email address: raphkamara01@gmail.com

Anticipating to hear from you quick please.

Thanks and God Bless.
Yours faithfully
Raphael and Juliet Kamara

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