419 scam: "Mrs. Annabel Makaeba"<annabel@gmail.com> PLS READ AND GET BACK TO ME

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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:
- "dear sir/madam" (a standard Nigerian greeting phrase)
- "your urgent reply" (scammers rush victims so they don't have time to think properly)
- "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.
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.
- +442035145914
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.
- mrs.annabelmakaeba@yahoo.com.ph (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Mrs. Annabel Makaeba" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <mrs.annabelmakaeba@yahoo.com.ph>
Date: Sat, 22 Sep 2012 07:42:45 -0700
Subject: PLS READ AND GET BACK TO ME

Dear Sir/Madam

I am Mrs. Annabel Makaeba, one of the former founding directors of QualConsul QS, A consulting firm of professional quality surveyors, and project managers and built environment researchers.

Visit the website: http://www.sacpcmp.org.za to find more information about the company. During my service in QualConsul QS - as the General Duty Assistant of the Construction Industry Development Board (2008-2010), I discovered a total sum of $30.5m (thirty million five hundred thousand dollars) over invoiced contract fund.

This fund must be transferred to a new foreign account or the government will claim back the fund. As you may want to know, I got your details from the chamber of commerce and industry while searching for a reliable person who will help me move the fund immediately to his/her account before the government gets to know that there was an over invoice sum of $30.5M. Meanwhile, I have been appointed as one of the consulate officers here in the South African Embassy, London - UK.

I want to move this fund for investment in construction / real estate with you. We will have an agreement to share the fund 60% / 35%. That is, 60% for me, while 35% for you, then 5% will be reserved for any expenses that may be incured in the course of completing this transaction. In view of my present position as a carrier diplomat (Civil servant),

I want you to stand as the beneficiary of this fund for our mutual benefits. All the necessary arrangements/documentations to transfer this fund to your account will be legally done in your name to show that you are the rightful owner of the fund. Therefore, all information about this business should be strictly kept top secret between me and you.

It should not under any circumstance be revealed to anyone, no matter how related until we are through. For security reasons, send your urgent reply to this email: mrs.annabelmakaeba@yahoo.com.ph, designated specifically for this transaction, or you can call me on my number: +44 203 514 5914

ext. 4, for further details.

Regards,

Mrs. Annabel Makaeba

Consulate Officer, South African Embassy - UK +44 203 514 5914 ext. 4

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