419 scam: "Mr.Anthony Chuma"<anthony.chuma1@globomail.com> partnership

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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.
The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
- "million us 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)
- ",000,000" (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)
- "robert mugabe" (the name of a person or institution often appearing in 419 scams)
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.

Fraud email example:

From: "Mr.Anthony Chuma" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <anthony.chuma@globomail.com>
Date: Sun, 3 Jan 2010 22:11:38 -0800
Subject: partnership

Good Day,

I am inviting you to join me in partnership!

We are corporate & investment Consultants acting as solicitors for one Mr. Terry Ford of Zimbabwe, My client is presently residing in Accra, Ghana due to political and legal problems he is having with the government of Zimbabwe under President Robert Mugabe. Mr. Mugabe who vowed to accelerate his programmed of redistributing land from white-owned farms to landless blacks. Mr. Terry Ford farm was one which had been designated for seizure and redistribution by the government.

As fate would have it, my client was fortunate to escape from Zimbabwe to Ghana before he was murdered by Mr. Mugabe's supporters. My client is the tenth white farmer to be murdered since controversial land seizures by supporters of President Robert Mugabe began. My client Mr. Terry Ford, murdered by the Mugabe regime was found doubled up beside the gate of his home farmstead with his faithful dog curled next to him on March 19, 2002. In the course of his departure from Zimbabwe he was fortunate to have arrived in Ghana with reasonable quantity of precious minerals and cash amount of (US$15,000,000.00) Fifteen Million US Dollars My client Son will be prepared to finance your project or enter into a joint venture with you subject to a due diligence period of one week to thoroughly study your business plan etc. To that effect I, being the attorney will like to join hand with you and get this fund transferred into your account. Also I want you to note that the fund was kept in
the bank vault, and that it is o

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/1878846.stm
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/1880941.stm

Please percentage is negotiable upon your reply. Be mindful that the fund is of no criminal origin. The transfer and investment is necessitated due to political instability in the region. Please let us know by returned mail/fax if we could be of some help in financing your project.

Sincerely yours.
Anthony Chuma Esq.

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