419 scam: "Reuel Khoza"<reuelkhozaoffice@gmail.com> Personally to You & Very Important

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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:
- "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 next of kin scam.
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.
- reuelkhoza@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Reuel Khoza" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <khozareuel@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 15 Nov 2014 16:20:16 +0200
Subject: Personally to You & Very Important

Good Day,

First I must solicit your confidence in this transaction; this is by virtue of its nature as it is utterly Confidential and Top Secret. Though I know that a transaction of this magnitude will make any one apprehensive and worried, but I am assuring you that this is Real, Genuine and 100% Legitimate. My name is Mr. Reuel Khoza. Branch Manager of Heritage Bank Plc, 1 Embankment Place EC2H London-United Kingdom. I am a British citizen married with four kids.

I am writing to solicit for your assistance in the transfer of USA$19.700.000.00. This fund is part of the funds stashed into London-UK by the late Libyan President (Muammar Gaddafi) before his sudden death October 20th, 2011, in Sirte, Libya. I have since then, placed the said amount of USA$19.700.000.00 in a suspense account without a beneficiary. You have nothing to worry about this transaction because it will be remitted to you, as an investment fund with the proof of origin in place. Apparently, you only have to convince the authorities' at our Reserve Bank of England (BOE) of being the Rightful Depositor to this fund by making sure you that the Notarization & Endorsement are appropriately paid for.

As an officer of the bank, I cannot be directly connected to this fund thus I am impelled to request for your assistance to receive this fund into your bank account. I intend to part 37% of this fund to you while 63% shall be for me. I do need to stress that there is practically No Risk involved in this, hence it is going to be a bank-to-bank transfer. All I need from you is to stand as the original depositor of this fund. I ask that you do not be vindictive and destructive. If my offer is of no appeal to you, delete this message and forget I ever contacted you. Do not destroy my career because you do not approve of my proposal.

If you accept this offer, I will appreciate your timely response via my personal e-mail address herein and I will initiate this process towards an immediate conclusion :{reuelkhoza@yahoo.com}

Regards,

Mr. Reuel Khoza

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