419 scam: Walter Frankland <finance@stroma.com> Investment Offer

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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.
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
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.
- vabeneficiaries@yahoo.com.hk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: Walter Frankland <finance@stroma.com>
Reply-To: <vabeneficiaries@yahoo.com.hk>
Date: Sun, 16 Feb 2014 15:37:01 -0500
Subject: Investment Offer

CASH FLOW INVESTMENT JOINT PARTNERSHIP

Do you have an exisiting business and require cash injection to take the business to the next level? Or do you have a business idea that requires cash to start-up? Or do you require cash to expand the scope of your business?

Here is an opportunity to take advantage of our offer for investment. Our company is looking to expand its frontiers utilizing people through business to business joint partnership. We understand that there exist a great potential in every business and you only need to partner with the right individual that posses the core competence for business success and we want to tap into these opportunity by investing in people.

We are therefore giving out a business cash flow of between $1m to $100m depending on business requirement for investment. Persons or individuals interested in the cash flow investment joint partnership should provide the following information for a chance to benefit in these offer:

You are to send the below requested information through the e-mail address: vabeneficiaries@yahoo.com.hk

First Name:

Last Name:

Full Address:

Country

Proof of Identification (passport or drivers licence)

Proposed Cash Flow Required (Between $1m to $100m)

Brief information about the business you wish to utilize cash flow

Looking forward to a fruitful joint business partnership,

Yours in Business:

Walter L. Frankland

Forward your information to the collection office: vabeneficiaries@yahoo.com.hk

This email and any files transmitted with it are confidential and intended solely for the intended recipient. If you are not the named addressee you should not disseminate, distribute, copy or alter this email. Any views or opinions presented in this email are solely those of the author and might not represent those of Stroma. Although Stroma has taken reasonable precautions to ensure no viruses are present in this email, the company cannot accept responsibility for any loss or damage arising from the use of this email or attachments.

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