419 scam: "Dr Ignatuis Imala"<info@hajjogroup.com> HOME PURCHASE

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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: "Dr Ignatuis Imala" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <gen.leopoldocintra@yahoo.com>
Date: Wed, 23 Feb 2011 17:14:43 -0000
Subject: HOME PURCHASE

Goodday,

My name is General Leopoldo Cintra of CUBA army and my wife name is Mrs Anita Ted Brown Leopoldo Cintra.

It is my desire to move my family to your country due to personal reasons, honestly i don't like the way things are moving in my country, the communism system of government here is not allowing us to express our views very well,thereby denying us our basic human rights.

However,my aim of writing this mail to you is to confirm if you can be able to help me get a good living home for my family in your country,also, if i may ask,what is the best investments that one can go into once we arrive to your country? how is the real estate investments?.

Please i expect you to keep this my request strictly confidential for safety purposes as no one in CUBA here knows my intentions,

Thank you.

General Leopoldo.
+53 7 868 2753

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