419 scam: mr nkomo0000 <mrnkomo0000-00@msn.com> GOOD DAY- NDEBELE FAMILY

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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:
- "death certificate" (this phrase is often used in inheritance scams such as next of kin or https://www.419scam.org/419-murdered-businessman.htm">orphan scams. )
- "urgent assistance" (scammers rush victims so they don't have time to think properly)
- "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 mobile phone numbers. Use of such numbers is typical for scams because they allow criminals to conceal their true location. They can receive calls in an Internet cafe from where they send you emails, while pretending to be in some office.
- +27737871476 (South Africa, prepaid mobile phone)
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.
- mrnkomondebele@tsamail.co.za (Tsamail, South Africa; can be used from anywhere worldwide)
- once more please reply me on this email address on mrnkomondebele@tsamail.co.za mrnkomo49ndebele@tsamail.co.za also my phone number is (Tsamail; can be used from anywhere worldwide)

Fraud email example:

From: mr nkomo0000 <mrnkomo0000-00@msn.com>
Reply-To: <mrnkomo49ndebele@tsamail.co.za>
Date: Thu, 13 Aug 2009 08:33:46 +0000
Subject: GOOD DAY- NDEBELE FAMILY

Hello Dear

Please do not think this is one of those scam or junk mails you receive in your mailbox/fax machine, which I receive also, but I plead for your tolerance. I got your contact address through the country search. My name is Mr. Nkomo Ndebele the eldest son of late Mr. Bernard Ndebele of Zimbabwe. My late father was the chairman of the farm and refinery company in Zimbabwe for 12 years before his death.

He was among the few black that were murdered in cold blood by the President Robert Mugabe -administration during the land dispute that was happened in Zimbabwe years ago, the reason why I need your urgent assistance, is that there’s the sum of US$11.5 Million (Eleven Million, Five Hundred United States America Dollars), that I inherited from my late father which he deposited in a private security company here in south Africa before his death, he was a very rich farmer and he owning a refinery co-operation company in Zimbabwe before he was killed by our president ROBERT MUGABE government, lf you listen to international news CNN or BBC you will know what is happening in my country Zimbabwe, please go into this website you can understand me http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/918781.stm ]
http:// news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/715001.stm

l am living as a refugee l cannot transfer this money myself because we are not allowed to operate a bank account or do any business, that’s why I need your urgent assistance.

I and You will be a partnership in business as soon as you received the total fund / l will tell you more when l hear from you, l also have a good friend of my late father here in South Africa who is a financial adviser here -he promise to help us transfer this fund to any nominated bank account abroad when l get somebody l trust, he was the person that advised me to get an international partner to assist my family to avoid of loosing the total fund here.

l will send you my refugee identity documents and my late father death certificate, so you can see everything about me and my family, l tell you more about this transaction when l get your reply, please l want you to be honest with me, if you are not honest l will not carry out this transaction with you, once more please reply me on this email address on mrnkomondebele@tsamail.co.za
mrnkomo49ndebele@tsamail.co.za

Also my phone number is +27 73 78 71 476 you are free to call me for more details.
l am waiting for your response
Regards,
Mr. Nkomo Ndebele

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