419 scam: "Mr. W. Nala"<wnala2010@gmail.com> URGENT

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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: "Mr. W. Nala" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <wnala@global-expr.com>
Date: Mon, 1 Feb 2010 18:57:02 +0200
Subject: URGENT

South African Department of Minerals and Energy
Mineralia Centre Cnr of Andries and Visagie Streets
Pretoria 0001 Gauteng South Africa

Good Day Sir,

I am Mr. W. Nala, the Chief Director of Hydrocarbons at the Department of Minerals & Energy (DME) here in Pretoria. I write to ask for your assistance in re-profiling the sum of Forty Six Million Five Hundred United States Dollars (US$46.5Million) which we want to keep safely overseas under your supervision for investment purpose. In other words, we would like you to receive the said funds on our behalf.

The Funds were derived over time from a project awarded to a foreign firm by my Department, and presently the actual contract cost have been paid to the original project executors, leaving the said amount which we have in principle obtained approval to remit overseas. I have the authority and approval of my partners involved in this transaction to negotiate a suitable compensation for your participation and I propose 25% percent, while we also propose that we receive 75% percent. I urge you to keep this disclosure with the utmost discretion. I await your response via e-mail or you can call me on my mobile number for further clarifications.

Contact email: wnala@global-expr.com

Yours
Sincerely,
Mr. W. Nala
(Chief Director)

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