419 scam: Sofia Kipkalya Kones <alimakabore24@gmail.com> Dearest One,

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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:
- "dearest one," (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
- "will come to you as a surprise" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
- "million united state 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)
- "united state dollar" (this email uses bad English)
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
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.
- sofia54kipkalya@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: Sofia Kipkalya Kones <alimakabore24@gmail.com>
Reply-To: sofia_kipkalya77@hotmail.com
Date: Mon, 7 Feb 2022 09:42:29 +0000
Subject: Dearest One,

Dearest One,

I know this mail will come to you as a surprise since we haven't known or
come across each other before considering the fact that I sourced your
email contact through the Internet in search of a trusted person who can
assist me.

I decided to contact you due to the urgency of my situation, My name is
Miss Sofia Kipkalya Kones, 27yrs old female from Kenya in East Africa. My
father was the former Kenyan road Minister. He and Assistant Minister of
Home Affairs Lorna Laboso had been on board the Cessna 210, which was
headed to Kericho and crashed in a remote area called Kajong'a, in western
Kenya. The plane crashed on Tuesday 10th, June, 2008.

You can read more about it here
http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/africa/06/10/kenya.crash/index.html I am
constrained to contact you because of the maltreatment which I am receiving
from my step mother.

She planned to take away all my late father's treasury and properties from
me since the unexpected death of my beloved Father. Meanwhile I wanted to
travel to Europe, but she hid my international passport and other valuable
documents. Luckily she did not discover where I kept my father's File which
contained important documents.

Now I am presently staying in the Mission in Burkina Faso.I am seeking for
long term relationship and investment assistance. My father of blessed
memory deposited the sum of $6.7 USD Million United State Dollars in one
bank in Burkina Faso with my name as the next of kin. I had contacted the
Bank to clear the deposit but the Branch Manager told me that being a
refugee, my status according to the local law does not authorize me to
carry out the operation. However, he advised me to provide a trustee who
will stand on my behalf.

I had wanted to inform my stepmother about this deposit but I am afraid
that she will not offer me anything after the release of the
money.Therefore, I decided to seek your help in transferring the money into
your bank account while I will relocate to your country and settle down
with you. As you indicated your interest to help me I will give you the
account number and the contact of the bank where my late beloved father
deposited the money with my name as the next of kin.

It is my intention to compensate you with 35% of the total money for your
assistance, 10% for the orphans there and the balance shall be my
investment in any profitable venture which you will recommend to me as I
have no idea about foreign investment. Please all communications should be
through this email address for confidential purposes (
sofia54kipkalya@gmail.com) I will give you more details in my next mail
with my pictures after receiving your acceptance mail to help me.

Yours Sincerely,
Miss Sofia Kipkalya Kones.
Sorry if you received this letter in your spam, because of a recent
connection error here in the country.

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