419 scam: Mbata M. Mbatata (San) <mbatambata@hotmail.com> MUTUAL TRUST INVESTMENT

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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:
- ",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)
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
Barristers (lawyers) mentioned in 419 scams are always fake.
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.
- barrister.mbatambatata@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: Mbata M. Mbatata (San) <mbatambata@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: mbata.san@hotmail.com
Date: Fri, 26 Mar 2010 00:15:40 -0300
Subject: MUTUAL TRUST INVESTMENT

Dear Sir, My name is Mr.Mbata.M.Mbatata (San), the family attorney to Umaru Musa Yar- adua the Nigeria President who is incapacitated in Saudi Arabia for the last 102 days due to the illness of Cancer. I have been instructed by his Wife Hajia Turia to get a foreign investor who will be fronted and to move out the some of (USD$2.7,000,000,000.00) Two Point Seven Billion United States Dollars, oversea for an investment and to sell Five Petroleum Oil Block that was among the oil blocks allotted to his husband as the Head of state and commander in chief Of Arm Forces Federal Republic of Nigeria. This was base on their present situation at hand hence the Senate Committee has move to declare his husband as unfit and incapable to continue his leadership as the head of State Of Nigeria. As a result of this, Hajia Turia has obliges me to sort for a trustworthy Person or Firm Oversea who will not use her misfortune to betray her/Family at the end of this transaction. If you are willing and capable to facilitate this business, kindly and confidentially furnish me with your details information’s below:- 1) Your Company Name and Address 2) Telephone /fax number. 3) Age and Marital status. 4) Country name and City Code number. 5) International Passport data pages 3 copies. 6) private email address. Considering the current situation in Nigeria , they do not feel safe in bringing the fund into Nigeria and does not want their name to reflect on the claim of the fund in the interim thereby needs your assistance for the claim and investment. As a family Lawyer I will prepare all formal binding documents including the Memorandum of Understanding (M.O.U) covering the entire transactions. The entire family have agreed to offer you 30% of the total value for your assistance, 10% shall be for expenses that both parties might incure, while 60% shall be for the commercial investment in real estate, hotel services, aviation managements and Oil Exploration etc. For further clarification and arranging for a meeting to sign all the relevant documents to facilitate the release of the deposited funds in your favor as the beneficiary on our behalf. She‘s a mother of six children with many grand sons and daughters and shall be happy to meet you in the near future. Contact me via this mail ID E-mail:barrister.mbatambatata@yahoo.com Yours faithfully Mr.Mbata.M.Mbatata(San)

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