419 scam: "Contact Mr. Koroma Niculas" <edwardchijioke34@gmail.com> Dr.Benjamin Owner of RMS Mining Company

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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:
- "dear sir/madam" (a standard Nigerian greeting phrase)
- "a security company " (this will cost you money - be careful with upfront payments to anyone you only know through email, especially if they promise you a lot of money. NEVER send money by Western Union or MoneyGram to people you do not know personally - NO EXCEPTIONS! Instant wire transfer services are not meant to be used with strangers because they offer no protection against fraud. That is precisely why the criminals want you send money that way. )
- "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)
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.
- koromaniculas972@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Contact Mr. Koroma Niculas" <edwardchijioke34@gmail.com>
Reply-To: koromaniculas972@gmail.com
Date: Tue, 16 Nov 2021 17:55:11 +0800
Subject: Dr.Benjamin Owner of RMS Mining Company

MR.Kim Jose
24, AVENUE, BRYANSTON,
JOHANNESBURG, SOUTH AFRICA.

Dear Sir/Madam,
I know this letter might beat your imagination as we have no previous
correspondence. My name is Mr. Koroma niculas, the son of Dr.koroma
Benjamin. Sierra-Leonean businessman and owner of RMS Mining Company in
Sierra-Leone.

My dad died a few years ago when the Revolutionary United Front (R.U.F)
rebels attacked our residence in Free-Town, Sierra-leone. Following the
cease fire agreement which was reached with the help of the United Nations
Peace-Keeping Troops, I used the opportunity to leave the country with a
very important document relating to a cash deposit of $40,600,000 ( Forty
Million, Six Hundred Thousand Dollars) deposited by my late father in a
security company in South Africa, under my name. This money was realized
from diamond export.

Presently, my mother and I are seeking asylum in South Africa under UNHCR.
I contacted you because of the need to deal with a person whom my family
has no previous personal relationship with. I got your contact from the
Internet and I confirmed your country as being economically viable for
investment and her people as transparent and trust-worthy to engage in
business, hence my reason for writing to you. But my main problem now is
that I am confused on how to handle this huge amount of money and also what
to do with it as I don't have any previous business experience nor anyone
to confide in here in South Africa.

May I use this medium to request from you if you will be disposed to help
me keep this fund in your country or any other place of your choice that
will have more security to the money. I have contacted the Security Company
with the Deposit documents that my Father left behind, of which my name
appears as the "Next Of Kinâ€ and the company awaits my coming for the
withdrawal.

If it appeals to you to help me, I will suggest you take a trip to South
Africa for us to meet face to face and finalize things before moving
the fund. However, if there is any other means you can suggest for the
transfer of the fund to your designated account pending my arrival to meet
you on investing the money in any profitable business you introduce, as I
have decided to leave South Africa.

After the fund gets into your designated account, twenty five percent (25%)
of the total amount will be for you, five percent (5%) of this money for
all kinds of expenses incurred in the process of this transaction while the
remaining 70% will be for my investment in your country.See my contact
email:(koromaniculas972@gmail.com)

I await your prompt reply.

Yours faithfully,
MR.koroma Niculas

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