419 scam: "Noah Samuel"<wilsonck00848@hotmail.com> URGENT 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:
- "very confidential" (scammers urge victims to keep the transaction secret because they don't want anyone to point out to them that it is a scam)
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.

Fraud email example:

From: "Noah Samuel" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <noahsamuel08220@matthewrober.co.uk>
Date: Sat, 27 Jan 2018 09:01:04 +1100
Subject: URGENT INVESTMENT PROPOSAL

Hello Dear,

Greetings

My name is Noah Samuel a South African citizen and a friend

to Mrs Mugabe sister . I got your contact through a business

online directory. I represent the interest of Mrs Mugabe who

wishes to move a total amount of $19.6 million into a

safe account owns by a trusted business man who is capable

of accommodating such volume of funds with absolute trust

& confidentiality.

We are willing to give 5-10 percent of the total money for this

efforts . A non disclosure non circumvent agreement will be

signed before the eventual transfer of funds. It is

important for to know that the fund owner is going through a

period of political turmoil and she is in a precarious

position, so this transaction has to be highly secretive

& very confidential.

Kindly respond back to me via my cooperate Email: noahsamuel08220@matthewrober.co.uk

if this is what you can handle .

Regards,

Noah.

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