419 scam: "MR. MUSTAPHA IZUMBE" <mustaphaizumbe111@gmail.com> CONTACT MY SECRETARY MR.PASCAL KABORE

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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 friend" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
This email message is a "New Partner from Paraguay" 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.
- pascal_kabore@hotmail.fr (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "MR. MUSTAPHA IZUMBE" <mustaphaizumbe111@gmail.com>
Reply-To: pascal_kabore@hotmail.fr
Date: Fri, 27 Nov 2015 09:54:25 +0100
Subject: CONTACT MY SECRETARY MR.PASCAL KABORE

Dear Friend,

I'm very happy to inform you about my success in getting those fund
transferred under the cooperation of the new partner from Mexico ,
Presently I am in Mexico for investment projects with my partner.
Meanwhile, I will not forget your efforts and attempts to assist me in
transferring those funds despite that you reply my mail late.

What you have to do now is to contact my secretary in Burkina Faso ,
his name is Mr.Pascal Kabore. and his Email Address is (
pascal_kabore@hotmail.fr) and ask him to send you the total
â‚¬1.5million Euros which I kept for your compensation for your efforts
and attempts to assist me in this matter.

I appreciated your efforts very much. So feel free and get in touched
with my secretary Mr.Pascal Kabore and instruct him where to send the
amount to you.Please do let me know immediately you receive the money
from my secretary so that we can share the joy together.

Also i want you to be aware that at this moment, i am very busy here
because of the investment projects which me and the new partner are
having at hand, finally, remember that I had forwarded instruction to
my secretary on your behalf to receive that money, so feel free to get
in touch with him urgent and he will send the amount to you without
any delay. I will not be checking my emails currently.

Good Luck.
Best Regards,
Mr. Mustapha Izumbe

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