419 scam: "ZUMA THOMSON OIL LESOTHO KINGDOM"<orakle@4u.com.gh> INVESTMENT 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:
- "zumathomsonoil@live.co.uk" (this email address has been used in a known scam)
- "zumathomsonoil@live.co.uk" (this email address has been used in a known scam)
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
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.
- +447010723713 (UK, redirects to a mobile phone in another country)

Fraud email example:

From: "ZUMA THOMSON OIL LESOTHO KINGDOM" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <zumathomsonoil@live.co.uk>
Date: Thu, 22 Sep 2011 22:59:38 +0530
Subject: INVESTMENT PARTNERSHIP.

Compliment of the day, and greetings of peace to you and your family, my names is
Mr. Zuma Thomson, from Lesotho Kingdom Southern Africa but presently in London with my family
Please my needs of contacting you at this moment is that I need a business partner who knows
about Machines, Medicine, or Textiles and Real Estate business, or even other more movable business
there in your country which you know very well, that I can invest with ($ 2.2 million USD) .

You are highly welcome as you contact me and please feel free to get back to me as soon as
possible so that we can discuss in details okay? Thanks for your cooperation and understanding,,
remain bless in all your endeavours when doing this, It will be my great pleasure to see your reply
letter at my email address which is below, (zumathomsonoil@live.co.uk) thanks waiting for your response as soon as possible.

With regards,
Mr. Zuma Thomson.
The Director Zuma Thomson oil,
Lesotho Kingdom in Southern Africa.
Email: zumathomsonoil@live.co.uk .
Tele: +447010723713.

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