419 scam: "Miss. Heidia Ibrahim" <jonehaibm123@gmail.com> I seek for your assistance

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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. Heidia Ibrahim" <jonehaibm123@gmail.com>
Reply-To: heidi.ibrahim@barid.com
Date: Mon, 14 Oct 2024 11:52:43 +0000
Subject: I seek for your assistance

Dearest,
Compliments of the day

I do hope that this E/mail finds you both well and happy? I am Miss.Heidia
Ibrahim. The only daughter to my Late parents. Chief Sergeant, IB
Coulibaly, I am 23 years old, a female student from the University of
South Sudan, I school and work as a fashion designer for a part time job
after school.

Please Friend, I need your assistance in this matter in my culture, when a
man dies, if he does not have a male child, the brothers will share his
properties leaving the wife and the daughters empty handed. That is the
case with me now.

Please can I trust you to be my guardian and foreign partner beneficiary to
help me secure my inheritance I inherit from my Late. Father as his next of
kin before he met his untimely death.

I look up to you to save me and my inheritance from the difficulties I am
facing today in this horrible Mission Camp.

I will like it if you can stand to be my hero. I will really look forward
to it. I waiting to hear your reply soonest if you can help me for more
details at (heidi.ibrahim@barid.com)

I seek for your assistance
Yours Sincerely,
Miss. Heidia Ibrahim

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