419 scam: "Mr. Milner Taylor" <info@huntcountry.com> RE: GOOD DAY SIR/MADAM

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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)
- ",000,000" (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)
- "00,000.00" (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 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.

Fraud email example:

From: "Mr. Milner Taylor" <info@huntcountry.com>
Reply-To: infotillztaylor@gmail.com
Date: Thu, 15 Dec 2016 19:33:39 +0700
Subject: RE: GOOD DAY SIR/MADAM

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From: Mr. Milner Taylor
Republic of South Africa

RE: GOOD DAY SIR/MADAM

Dear Friend,

This may appear a bit surprising to you but very beneficial as a matter
of urgency, I am desperately looking for a foreign partner Investor,
whom I can trust to handle some investment and fund movement. I am
Taylor Milner the son of late Ashley Milner, who was murdered by the
Zimbabwean veterans. I am writing from South Africa.

I write to solicit for your special assistance to a family shattered by
a tyrannical government led by a dictator and his (ZANU-PF) ruling
party-president Robert Mugabe. Because of land and farm land crisis in
Zimbabwe, the government secretly sponsored the war veterans and some
irate party members to dispossess the land being occupied by white
farmers.

This action has led to the killing of some members of opposition party
including my father Ashley Milner. But before the death of my father, he
anticipated some dangers and so he deposited the sum of Â£25 Million
Great British Pounds Sterlin (Â£25,000,000.000) in a reputable Vault
Security Company in South Africa with the intention of using it to open
fertilizer manufacturing company.

The war veterans and some supporters of (ZANU-PF) ruling party Trooped
into our compound and axed him (my father) to death. But I managed to
escape to a neighbouring country South Africa as a political asylum
seeker (Refugee) but my Refugee position here in South Africa does not
permit me to open an account or run any huge legal financial business to
the permit rules and regulation in South Africa Refugee law.

That is why I want this fund to be transferred into your private account
overseas, so that you will assist me to invest it in your country.
Hence, if you agree to assist me to claim the fund from the Security
Company, I will offer you 40% of the money for your assistance, while
60% will be for my investment in your country through your assistance.

Upon your immediate response, I will immediately arrange and send to you
all the information's that will empower your good self in finalizing the
transaction with the Security Company here in South Africa. I need your
urgent and confidential response.

Best Regards,
Mr. Milner Taylor

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