419 scam: "Nomkhita.C"<Mrs.Nomkhita.Nqweni@yandex.com> Can we be partner's ?

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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.
The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
- "million united states dollars" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
This email message is a next of kin scam.
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.
- nc.nqweni@accountant.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Nomkhita.C" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <mrs.nomkhitacylda@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 6 Nov 2015 04:02:28 +0800
Subject: Can we be partner's ?

I am the Chief Executive Wealth and Investment Management (ABSA) Bank of South Africa. I have used my Good Office to acquire the sum of (US$35million) Thirty Five million United States dollars as stated herein. The aforementioned Funds were in a deposit Account.

There’s an account opened in this bank in 1998 and till 20014 nobody has operated on this account and after going through some old files in the records, I discovered that if I do not remit this huge fund urgently, it would be forfeited for nothing. This fixed deposit was for 16 years and
upon maturity, I made effort to contact the client but could not reach him. He perished on the Monday, 31 July, 2000 plane crash in western Germany city of Monchengladbach. No other person knows about this account or information concerning it.
The account has no other beneficiary and my extensive investigation has proven as well that his company does not know anything about this account.
View the web site bellow for more information on our late client,
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/859479.stm
Thank you and looking forward to a prosperous business relationship between us ,would like to receive your response via my private email address (NC.Nqweni@accountant.com)
Yours Sincerely,
Mrs. Nomkhita) Nqweni

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