419 scam: "Miss. Amina Ibrahim" <ousmane.ouanga70@gmail.com> MY CRY FOR HELP

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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: "Miss. Amina Ibrahim" <ousmane.ouanga70@gmail.com>
Reply-To: missamina.musa1999@gmail.com
Date: Wed, 22 Jun 2022 17:17:24 -0800
Subject: MY CRY FOR HELP

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Hello,
I'm deeply sorry to berg into your privacy as we haven't met before.
My Name is Miss Amina Ibrahim Musa from Libya, I am 23 years old, I am
in St. Christopherâ€™s Parish for refugee in Burkina Faso under United
Nations High commission for Refugee.

I lost my parents through the Libya war last time, right now am in
Burkina Faso where my late father deposited fund, please save my life
I am in danger need your help in transferring my inheritance my father
left behind for me in a Bank in Burkina Faso here, all I need is a
foreigner who will help me stand as the foreign partner to my father
and beneficiary of the fund. The money deposited in the Bank was
US10.5 million united states dollar) with 50 kilo of Gold I have
confirmed from the bank where the Gold was deposited.

Please I just need this fund to be transfer to your account as my
foreign partner so that I will come over to your country after the
transfer the fund to your bank account and complete my education. I
have nobody again all of my family was killed in the war. Please get
back to me for more detail.
Yours Faithfully,
Miss Amina Ibrahim

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