419 scam: Karim Keita <rakayment@gansithch.buzz> Reply Now

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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: Karim Keita <rakayment@gansithch.buzz>
Reply-To: kaimkeita@yahoo.com
Date: 16 May 2022 07:44:52 -0700
Subject: Reply Now

Attention
Sir/ madam,
Please, I am contacting you directly to introduce myself for the help and assistance I require from you which I hope will be beneficial to both of us and our generations to come.

My name is Karim Keïta the son of Ibrahim Boubacar Keïta, former president of Mali who was ousted from office on the 18th August 2020 in the coup d'état led by Colonel Assimi Goïta.

I have been living in exile in Ivory Coast since the coup d'éta but recently moved off the country for security reasons as a result of my international arrest warrant by the transitional government recently.

While my father was president I was Elected as a member of parliament in 2013 and held the post of as head of the National Assembly's powerful Defense Committee of Mail.

I have a business proposal that I want to discuss with you that involves millions of dollars worth of business investment with the Fund deposited in a reliable bank in the United Arab Emirates Dubai.

Let me know your interest and willingness to handle the deal with me so that I can give you all the details and information so that we can immediately transfer the money to your bank account and also the amount involved.

I wait for your urgent response to enable us to move quickly to facilitate the transfer of the funds to your designated bank account.
Best regards
Karim Keita.

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