419 scam: miss Amina ibrahim <elizabethhedw@gmail.com> Am Expecting Your Response

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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.
The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
- "dear friend" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
- "will come to you as a surprise" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
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 <elizabethhedw@gmail.com>
Reply-To: miss.aminaibrahim@gmail.com
Date: Sun, 2 Apr 2023 03:00:07 -0700
Subject: Am Expecting Your Response

My Dear Friend,

My Name is Miss Amina Ibrahim Musa from Libya, I am 23 years old, I am
in St.Christopher's Parish for refugee in Burkina Faso under United
Nations High commission for Refugee.

Please I want you to read this letter very carefully and I must
apologize for barging this message into your mail box without any
formal introduction due to the urgency and confidential of this issue.
I know that this message will come to you as a surprise, Please this
is not a joke and I did not want you to joke with it.

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 10 kilo of Gold I have
confirmed from the bank in Burkina Faso 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
because I cannot go back there again therefore I have nobody again all
of my family was killed in the war.

Please read this proposal as urgently and get back to me,
Yours Faithfully,

Miss Amina Ibrahim.

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