419 scam: Bussiness Greetings!!!

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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:
- "dear sir/madam" (a standard Nigerian greeting phrase)
- "trunk box" (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)
- "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.
- mr.james.adron@gmail.com (Gmail/GoogleMail; can be used from anywhere worldwide)

Fraud email example:

From: Bussiness
Reply-To: <mr.james.adron@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 21 Nov 2015 13:56:11 +0200
Subject: Greetings!!!

Dear Sir/Madam,

I am MR. JAMES ADRON; I am a director of one the top Security & Finance Company here in South Africa and a very close friend to the director of the NELSON MANDELA FUNDRAISING ORGANIZATION. This organization personally belongs to MR. NELSON MANDELA and due to family controversy Mr. Mandela decided not to include any of his family members to this organization. Unfortunately Mr. Nelson Mandela passed away recently leaving me in control of the charity organization and all the funds raised under this organization. You can view the link to read about Nelson Mandelaâ€™s death.

http://edition.cnn.com/2013/12/05/world/africa/nelson-mandela/.

After the death of Mr. Mandela, the government of South Africa is trying to probe into the funds that were raised for the organization through instigation of one of Nelson Mandela grandâ€™s son Mandela who is currently a member of the parliament and who has requested for the organization to declare the funds to the Mandela family. I and my friend know their move and aim is to get hold of the organization funds and then dissolve the management just for their selfish interests.

The total fund is US$ 25, 000.000.00 {TWENTY FIVE MILLION UNITED STATES DOLLARS}. Five Million was a Cash donation made to the organization by one of Nelson Mandela close associate and this money was deposited separately in a security trunk box with the Security & Finance Company which I am the director, and I and my friend are the only one in control of these funds at the moment and I have contacted you to request if you can be able to work with me and my friend so we can move $5,000.000.00 { FIVE MILLION UNITED STATES DOLLARS } of the total amount to your account in your country before releasing the rest to the Mandela family. My friends have made plans with the auditor who handles their ledger book and he is standing by to work with me and my friend to achieve this deal.

Please note that there is no danger involved in this deal and I can guarantee you that the funds will be transferred to your bank account without any problem but the only thing we demand from you is your honesty. I truly understand that there are lots of things going on over the internet, some dishonest individuals uses the internet to do some illegal things but please donâ€™t take this email as one of those because I can assure you that everything you have read on this email is 100% truth and you will see more proves as we proceed.

Also note that this deal has to be kept highly confidential to avoid leakage of information to the Mandela family. If you are not comfortable with this deal, be kind enough to delete this message and keep all you have read to yourself alone but if you are interested please send me an email and I will respond back to you with more details of how the funds will be transferred to your bank account.

After successful transfer of funds to your account, We shall share 50 percent to you and 50 percent will be for me and my friend, remember we will be taking care of the auditor from our side.

Thank for your time.
Regards,
Mr.James Adron.
Direct Email: mr.james.adron@gmail.com

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