419 scam: "Director General"<derapel@derapel.com> Your persistance silence!!

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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.
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.

Fraud email example:

From: "Director General" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <hjoe0104@yahoo.fr>
Date: Tue, 26 Jul 2016 00:25:50 -0700
Subject: Your persistance silence!!

Expected partner



I believe there are divine forces that usually compel my spirit to be writing you repeatedly and to become maybe bothersome. I could have stopped communicating due to your silence.

We believe this medium of communication is unsafe but I was compelled to use it due to the nature of this project. Owing to my late father's position as a project coordinator in the oil & Gas group, he left behind some vital information from the company he worked which can be used in a successful business partnership with you. I believe that may culminate into great investment in your company or in any lucrative venture in your country.

I believe in your ability to prosecute transactions of great magnitude and I am open for negotiation.



Thanks for your anticipated cooperation.



Regards,

Director

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