419 scam: Mr JEFFERY BELLO <garryljohnson369@gmail.com> 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.
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.

Fraud email example:

From: Mr JEFFERY BELLO <garryljohnson369@gmail.com>
Reply-To: jefferymukus@gmail.com
Date: Tue, 27 Nov 2018 02:51:13 -0500
Subject: INVESTMENT PROPOSAL

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Good Day

i am very happy to be in contact with you, however, I am a citizen of
Central Africa Republic but I am currently in Finland, where I have been
booked for a major cancer of the throat operation, i know we both can do a
great deal of business in South Africa together, i need an honest partner,
somebody i can trust with my investment fund, who is a citizen to South
African government, who will help my family invest our funds into a
lucrative business, it doesn't matter if your business or company is in
infant level, i have the fund to finance any project that will be
profitable, all we ask of you is a meeting with you to plan for the
investment and know each other very well, but i will like to call you from
here to speak directly with you before my siblings arrive, so we could
discuss few things properly before they can meet with you in person.

Kindly email me your direct contact number to phone you.

I look forward to hear from you.
Thanks
Mr. Jeffery Bello

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