419 scam: "arkamaniahmadalMahdi"<admin> Shabbir Nyerere Investment 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:

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)
- "huge amount of money" (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.
- 2e.shabbirnyerereempire@gmail.com (Gmail/GoogleMail; can be used from anywhere worldwide)

Fraud email example:

From: "arkamaniahmadalMahdi"<admin>
Reply-To: arkamaniahmadalMahdi@gmail.com
Date: Mon, 07 Nov 2016 00:43:08 +0100
Subject: Shabbir Nyerere Investment Proposal

Dear Friend, Compliment of the day to you, My Name is Shabbir Nyerere, a r=
elative of the Tanzanian Ex president Julius Nyerere who ruled from (1922-1=
999) . Without writing too much, I am contacting you because I have an offe=
r of a Huge amount of money which was left behind by my Half Brother the Ex=
President of Tanzania. Due to the present situation with the Tanzanian pol=
itical terrain which the money was made from, I have decided to look for a =
foreign Investor who I can trust and work with in investing these Huge fund=
s of more than $90 Million, This is no joke or waste of time as i wouldn=92=
t want to waste your time either, So I urge you to reply if you are interes=
ted and then we can proceed with further procedures . In the course of this=
Business relationship, we will not rely only on email or phone conversatio=
n alone, as there a lot of fraudulent activities going on the internet. How=
ever, this will require a face to face meeting before we can move further a=
s I will like to know you are capable of handling these funds, as I am not =
taking this journey for a joke. Reply me as soon as possible if you are int=
erested, for further information and procedures on how to go about this....=
=2E.shabbirnyerereempire@gmail.com Let me read from you at your earliest Co=
nvenience. Regards Shabbir Nyerere

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