419 scam: HENRY PARKER <manning@bpmata.com> LETTER OF HIGH IMPORTANCE

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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:
- "dear friend" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
- "hundred thousand 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)
- ",500,000" (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)
- "00,000.00" (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)
- "my direct line" (a "direct line" in a scam usually means an untraceable mobile phone number used by a scammer in an internet cafe, a redirection service number that forwards to a mobile or a free voicemailbox in a different country.)
- "robert mugabe" (the name of a person or institution often appearing in 419 scams)
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.
- henryparker67@hotmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: HENRY PARKER <manning@bpmata.com>
Reply-To: henryparker67@hotmail.com
Date: Sat, 19 Dec 2015 01:06:13 +0800
Subject: LETTER OF HIGH IMPORTANCE

From: Mr. Henry Parker
Directline:+27606593224
E-mail:henryparker67@hotmail.com
Johannesburg South Africa

Dear Friend,

This may appear a bit surprising to you but very beneficial as a
matter of urgency, I am desperately looking for a foreign partner
Investor, whom I can trust to handle some investment and fund
movement. I am Mr. Henry Parker the son of late Mr. Larry Parker, who
was murdered by the Zimbabwean veterans and irate black people. I am
writing from Johannesburg South Africa.

I write to solicit for your special assistance to a family shattered
by a tyrannical government led by a dictator and his (ZANU-PF) ruling
party-president Robert Mugabe. Because of land and farm land crisis in
Zimbabwe, the government secretly sponsored the war veterans and some
irate party members to dispossess the land being occupied by white
farmers.

This action has led to the killing of some members of opposition party
including my father Mr. Larry Parker. But before the death of my
father, he anticipated some dangers and so he deposited the sum of
US$31,500,000.00 (Thirty-one Million, Five Hundred Thousand United
States Dollars) in a reputable security company in South Africa with
the intention of using it to open fertilizer manufacturing company.

The war veterans and some supporters of (ZANU-PF) ruling party Trooped
into our compound and axed him (my father) to death. But I managed to
escape to a neighboring country South Africa as a political asylum
seeker (Refugee) but my Refugee position here in South Africa does not
permit me to open an account o run any huge legal financial business
to the permit rules and regulation in South Africa Refugee law.

That is why I want this fund to be transferred into your private
account overseas, so that you will assist me to invest it in your
country. Hence, if you agree to assist me to claim the fund from the
security company, I will offer you 30% of the
money for your assistance, while 70% will be for my investment in your
country through your assistance.

Upon your immediate response, I will immediately arrange and send to
you all the information's that will empower your good self in
finalizing the transaction with the security company here in South
Africa. I need your urgent and confidential response.Kindly reply back
to me on henryparker67@hotmail.com or Call at my direct line.

Thanks and Regards,

Mr. Henry Parker
henryparker67@hotmail.com
Direct Line:+27606593224

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