419 scam: Mr Mohamed Musa <mrmohamedmu@gmail.com> URGENT BUSINESS

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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:
- "top secret" (scammers urge victims to keep the transaction secret because they don't want anyone to point out to them that it is a scam)
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.

Fraud email example:

From: Mr Mohamed Musa <mrmohamedmu@gmail.com>
Reply-To: mrmohamedmu75@gmail.com
Date: Tue, 18 Sep 2012 13:31:53 +0800 (SGT)
Subject: URGENT BUSINESS

Hello Dear,

Greetings to you. I am Mr Mohamed Musa , from Burkina Faso - West Africa, and I work with the Bank Of Africa here in Ouagadougou. I am sending this brief mail to solicit your partnership to transfer the sum of $27,200,000 into your bank account. I will send you more details and the procedures to follow when I receive a positive response from you.

Please make sure you keep this transaction as a top secret and make it confidential till we receive the fund into the account that you will provide to the bank,for our interest i advice you not to disclose it to any body because the secrecy of this transaction is as well as the success of it. I agree that 40% of this money will be for you as foreign partner in respect to the provision of a foreign account and while 60% would be for me. Further details of the transaction shall be forwarded to you as soon as I receive your response indicating your interest. I am waiting to hear from you urgently.

Yours truly,
Mr. Mohamed Musa

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