419 scam: "Mr. Raymond Vilakazi"<vilakaziraymond@yahoo.com.hk> +=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:
- "with your full names" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
- ",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.

Fraud email example:

From: "Mr. Raymond Vilakazi" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <kkazi1rray@sunumail.sn>
Date: Tue, 31 Jul 2012 16:13:15 +0100
Subject: +=Partnership+=

Greetings,

I represent a mining company in South Africa. I have a very sensitive and private brief from the contract committee to ask for your partnership to re-profile funds totally ($42,000,000.00)

I will give the details of how we intend to proceed, this is a legitimate transaction. You will be paid 15% for your "management fees", if I am able to reach terms with you.

If you are interested, please write me back and provide me with your full names, tel/cell numbers and I will provide details. Keep this close to you we are still in service.

Regards,

Mr. Raymond Vilakazi.

Anti-fraud resources:

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