419 scam: "Walter Lushozi"<walterlushozi23@yahoo.com> IMPORTANT MESSAGE

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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:
- "walterlushozi@gmx.com" (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.

Fraud email example:

From: "Walter Lushozi" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <walterlushozi@yahoo.com>
Date: Mon, 11 Feb 2013 20:30:33 -0500
Subject: IMPORTANT MESSAGE

Hello,

Please kindly give this email due consideration. I have sent you this email with sincerity of purpose and I will appreciate your uncompromising cooperation.
This is about a foreign client of my bank who passed away and left a huge account balance of US$24M unclaimed. As a result of the
circumstances of the death of this client which was unexpected, he could not nominate a beneficiary to claim his funds which are now abandoned and nobody has ever applied to claim them.
>From my findings, these funds can be released to you without any suspicion if we approach the bank legitimately for the claim.
I have all the necessary information for us to make this claim legitimately without contravening the laws but I need you to partner me because I cannot make the claim since
I am still in active service with the bank. This is why I contacted you, though I apologize if you consider my contact is inappropriate.
But if you are willing to partner me in this project, reply and I will provide you every detail with the following
email address(walterlushozi@gmx.com)

Regards,

Walter Lushozi

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