419 scam: Raphael Kamara <gillclifford164@gmail.com> Best regards,

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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.
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.
- rkamara999@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: Raphael Kamara <gillclifford164@gmail.com>
Reply-To: rkamara999@gmail.com
Date: Mon, 22 Apr 2024 03:24:40 +0100
Subject: Best regards,

--Hello dear,Good day! Please Permit me to inform you of my desire to enter into abusiness relationship with you. My name is Raphael Kamara, the onlyson of late Chief Vincent Kamara and I am a 17 years old boy fromFreetown Province in Sierra Leone. I am in the position of US$7.5Million which my late father deposited in fixed with a bank in Coted'Ivoire which I inherited from him as his only Son, which he wantedto use finance his presidential political ambition in our Countrybefore he was affected with these deadly corona viruses in hisbusiness trip to France in October 2021 that lead to his sudden death.This money was realized from royalties and the alluvial gold dust soldduring the war when my father was the Chief of Freetown Province,Republic of Sierra Leone.As his only child, I am presently taking refuge in Ivory Coastfollowing the death of my father and my stepmother was desperatelyafter my life because of my late father's wealth which he used my nameas the only Son to deposit the money in the bank as the next of kin. Ihave decided to invest this money in your country or anywhere safeenough outside Africa for security and personal reasons. I seek yourassistance to claim this money and have it moved out of this countryto enable you to assist me plan for the investment outside thiscountry so as to enable me to plan for my future. I will give you 15%of the money for your kind assistance to me. I will give you furtherdetails as soon as I hear from you. Please, I wait for your responsethrough my private email address at (rkamara999@gmail.com ) for more details.Best regards,Raphael Kamara

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