419 scam: "Mr. Gerhart" <esqheinem@workmail.co.za> 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:
- "million 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)
- "robert mugabe" (the name of a person or institution often appearing in 419 scams)
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.
- info.gerharth@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)
- heinemann johannesburg south africa email: info.gerharth@gmail.com email: gerharthart@gmail.com urgent and strictly (Gmail; can be used from anywhere worldwide)

Fraud email example:

From: "Mr. Gerhart" <esqheinem@workmail.co.za>
Reply-To: info.gerharth@gmail.com
Date: Tue, 31 Mar 2015 23:04:09 +0200
Subject: PROPOSAL

Mr.Gerhart Heinemann
Johannesburg South Africa
EMAIL: info.gerharth@gmail.com
EMAIL: gerharthart@gmail.com

URGENT AND STRICTLY CONFIDENTIAL
Attn: Noble One

I write this letter with all sincerity and hope you will understand and assist my client and her siblings. I also believe that it will be of immense benefit to you as well. I am Br. Gerhart Heinemann. An attorney to Mrs. Christy Walter, the wife of Late Moore Walter a former white farmer in Zimbabwe. During the current war against white farmers in Zimbabwe and from the support of the president, ROBERT MUGABE to claim all the white owned farms in Zimbabwe.

All the white farmers were ordered to surrender their farms to his party members and his followers but my clients husband who was one of the best farmers in Zimbabwe did not support his idea and so the party members invaded his farms killed him and burnt everything in the farm and made away with a lot of treasures in my fatherâ€™s farmhouse. Please see this link for authentication:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/2192947.stm

my client who is currently an asylum seeker here in Republic of South Africa narrated this ordeal to me and requested I seek the assistance of a foreign partner. According to her, before the death of her husband, he has told her about the existence of the sum of US18.000.000 [Eighteen Million Dollars] which he deposited in a BANK here in the Republic of South Africa. The fund was meant for the purchase of farm machinery's and equipment before the land dispute arose in Zimbabwe. The fund is lodged in a consignment, which also has 50 kilos of Gold all declares as valuables.

Due to the fact that my client and her Son are Asylum Seekers (REFUGEES) in the Republic of South Africa they are not permitted by law of the Republic of South Africa to some certain rights, such as operating bank accounts, investment, study and other monetary transaction, thus the reason I am soliciting your utmost assistance on their behalf to accept the fund in your bank account as a foreign partner to late Mr. Moore Walter. Every legal documents for the claim of the fund in your name as the beneficiary would be processed and submitted to the appropriate offices for the release of the fund into your account.

So if you consider this proposal and really wish to assist my client, please reply immediately with your full name, occupation, direct email address, direct telephone number and office line, country and country address. Do understand that this fund is for investment purpose in your country and you will be in charge of everything. Get back to me and we shall discuss further.

Sincerely,
Mr.Gerhart Heinemann
Johannesburg South Africa
EMAIL: info.gerharth@gmail.com
EMAIL: gerharthart@gmail.com

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