419 scam: "Mr. Oliver Themba"<admin@tropicalfindings.com> Yours Faithfully

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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:

An email address listed inside this email has been used in a known fraud before.
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:
- "million 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)
- "contract award committee" (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.
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.
- oliverthemba09@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Mr. Oliver Themba" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <oliverthemba09@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 19 Jan 2019 16:29:15 -0200
Subject: Yours Faithfully

Dear Sir,

I am a member of the contract award committee of the Department of Energy & Natural Resources in Angola. I'm contacting you on the consideration that I could discuss with you on the possibility of my partner and I placing the sum of USD$45 Million dollars with you for management, either in your existing establishment or other venture to be undertaken at your discretion under terms to be agreed upon. I am interested in investing this money into real estate and other businesses in your country .So, I am in search of someone to assist us in the transfer of these funds

If you accept to be our partner, you willl be given the pertinent documentation to certify that your company had been awarded a contract already executed, for which your company shall be paid the sum of USD$45 Million. Please be informed that with the Angola government monetary policy, government officials or employees are not allowed to operate or to own bank account abroad hence that lead to our decision to seek a foreign partner.

However, the legitimacy of this transaction is well pronounced. I will personally explain to you if you agree to be our partner to determine your true position. You will be highly compensated with a percentage upon mutual agreement after a successful completion of this project.

I can assure you that my partners and I are in a position to make this payment claim possible, provided you can give us the assurance and guarantee that our share will be secured.

Further information concerning the transaction shall be forwarded to you upon your response to this offer.Thanks in anticipation as I await for a long term mutual and beneficial relationship for both of us.contact me on this email : oliverthemba09@gmail.com

Yours Faithfully,
Mr. Oliver Themba

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