419 scam: "Mrs. Marian Mhloyi" <support@dnk.aero> Re:Treat with care...

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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 united states 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)
- "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)
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.
- postnet40@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Mrs. Marian Mhloyi" <support@dnk.aero>
Reply-To: johnnyf@hartcom.net
Date: Sat, 23 Feb 2019 05:50:34 -0800
Subject: Re:Treat with care...

Compliment of the day to you.
I am Mrs. Marian Mhloyi GCFR), wife to the late Dr, Lgnatius Chombo former Zimbabwean Finance Minister, who is right now in detention because of $10 million United States dollars cash the military
discovered in our house yesterday 21/11/2017.
I am contacting you in confidence, and as a means of developing a cordial and fruitful business relationship, I currently have within my reach, the sum of (US$46Million dollars) Forty-Six Million United States Dollars deposited with a bank in South Africa and I need your help to secure for my family.
https://news.pindula.co.zw/2017/11/15/chombo-arrested-us10-million-cash/
http://www.zambianobserver.com/zimbabwe-10-million-found-in-finance-ministers-house-upon-arrest-by-military/
http://gnnliberia.com/2017/11/16/zimbabwe-finance-arrested-us10-million-cash/
Due to the current situation in the country concerning governmentâ€™s attitude towards my family, it has become quite impossible for us to make use of this money within. I thus wish to discretely transfer this
money out of South Africa for investment in your country under your professional guidance. I shall expect you to contact me urgently to enable us discuss this transaction in details.
All correspondence must be by E-mail (johnnyf@hartcom.net) only for now for security reasons, my son`s phone number will be given to you as we progress on this transaction, his name is JOHNNY MHLOYI.
I must also use this opportunity to implore you to exercise the utmost indulgence to keep this matter extraordinarily confidential, whatever your decision, while I await your prompt response.
Best Regards.
Mrs. Marian Mhloyi
Postnet40@gmail.com

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