419 scam: "Mr.George Phiri Ntongo" <webmaster@amicinelweb.com> INVESTMENT PROPOSAL

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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)
- "million united states dollars" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
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.
- mphirintongo@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Mr.George Phiri Ntongo" <webmaster@amicinelweb.com>
Reply-To: mphirintongo@gmail.com
Date: Mon, 07 Jul 2014 22:24:58 +0000
Subject: INVESTMENT PROPOSAL

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Dear Sir/Madam,

I write to you based on a request by an investor who is urgent needs
to relocate his assets into your country through your assistance. My
Name is Mr.George Phiri Ntongo, an attorney/solicitor here in
Kampala-Uganda. I am representing the interests of very wealthy
investors mainly from East and North Africa.

Due to the sensitivity of their position they hold in their
organization and the unstable investment environment of their
countries, they prefer to channel/move majority of their funds into
more stable economies and developing nations where they can get good
yield for their assets and its safety.

I will like us to discuss my proposal in details. My leader Mr. Riek
Machar former Vice president of South Sudan has given me an
instruction to move all his assets to a safer location from it's
present locations in Khartoum and Morocco, with the assistance of a
foreign interest that is capable and can be trusted. This is coming in
the heels of the ongoing Civil war in South Sudan (where he is a major
player).

Ever since his purported and unconstitutional removal by the sitting
president Mr.Salva Kiir Mayardit which resulting the ongoing civil
war, his personal safety, assets and investments are no longer
guaranteed under the sitting government. Read:
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/dec/18/south-sudan-sacked-vp-denies-plotting-coup or
http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/2013/12/profile-south-sudan-riek-machar-20131230201534595392.html

I have been given the full authority to negotiate with you on the
working Terms, as long as you can demonstrate that you have the
capacity to handle the project, Due to nature of this message all
reply should be sent to only this email: mphirintongo@gmail.com

Be noted that a face to face meeting will be highly needed during the
process of this investment plane/project, that will give us the room
to know each other before completion of this project that worth Two
Hundred and Sixty Million United States Dollars Only
{US$260,000.000:00}.

Please treat as urgent.

Best Regards
Mr.George Phiri Ntongo
Personal Representative

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