419 scam: "J Malusi"<julmlusi@gmail.com> Re: Business Corporation.

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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)
- "million united state 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)
- "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)
- "united state dollar" (this email uses bad English)
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.

Fraud email example:

From: "J Malusi" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <juliusmalusii@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 29 May 2017 20:17:56 +0300
Subject: Re: Business Corporation.

Dear Sir/Madam,

Good day.

My names is Julius Malusi a lawyer by profession; I have a client who is a Libyan national currently residing here in South Africa and she has asked me to solicit for a foreign partner to assist her with her planned overseas investment.

My client has a fortune worth of USD42, 000,000.00 (Forty-two Million United State Dollars) in cash deposit with a private Security Company which was lodged by his late father for safe keep during the Libyan uprising in 2011; she now wants to move the funds to overseas for investment and she is willing to offer a 20% of the total fund as a finders fee to anyone who would assist her in moving and receiving this funds and also to help her relocate from her current base here in South Africa.

Please contact me for more details via my e-mail if you are interested otherwise we would appreciate a reference suitable for the offer if you have any.

Best regards

Julius Malusi.

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