419 scam: saima <saimamurunga1@voila.fr> From Miss.Saima Murunga, Investment help.

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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:
- "dearest one," (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.

Fraud email example:

From: saima <saimamurunga1@voila.fr>
Reply-To: saima <saimamurunga@yahoo.co.jp>
Date: Sun, 15 Dec 2013 12:43:41 +0000 (GMT)
Subject: From Miss.Saima Murunga, Investment help.

>From Miss.Saima Murunga, Investment help.
                                    Dearest One,



Greetings to you in the name of
our God?please don't be offended for intruding into your
affairs,
am the only daughter of Late Eng.Murunga ,who was killed to
death by unknown people during political crisis in our country
2010 ,According to my late Father he planned to invest in this
funds onto your country real estate company ,Please I want you to help
me transfer this sum of ( $ 6 .5M)into your account for
invsetment
why you will help me to relocate with you to finish my
study,

Meanwhile,The money is in a suspense account of my late
father, but i was very disappointed when the banks told me that I cannot
have access to withdraw money from the account as the next of kin
unless I provide my Trustee/Guardian as they were acting on my late
father`s instruction which stipulated that I must reach the age of
25years before the money could be released to me or otherwise I should
provide a trustee that will stand to manage the money on my behalf
because of agreement my late father made with them.

My
main purpose of contacting you is to act as my late father foreign
business partner and receive this fund from my late father bank,Why you
will advice me on the business to invest in since I am not business
oriented,This is the main reason why I contacted you to assist me in
this transaction after which I am ready to pay you 10% as your
commission from the total sum and another 20% as your annual
interest especially for securing the money for me in a good
business venture

Everything about the fund is legal please i
really i need your help, I await your soonest response for more
details.

Thank
you,
Regards


Miss.Saima Murunga

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