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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:
- "affidavit " (Barristers (lawyers) mentioned in 419 scams are always fake.)
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
Barristers (lawyers) mentioned in 419 scams are always fake.
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.
- giidp955@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Benson Muruvi" <info80@sellcisconetworks.com>
Reply-To: giidp955@gmail.com
Date: Tue, 04 Feb 2020 18:40:41 -0500
Subject: Hello,

Hello,

My name is Benson Muruvi, a lawyer and Financial Consultant for the Gupta Family based here in South operating through a proxy. We provide discrete financial services for High Net worth Individuals, CEO's/Executives of Corporations and Senior Government officials in around Africa. What we do is legal and within the ambient of the law, but following the leakage of the infamous state capture story in South Africa involving the Gupta family.

Following recent events in South Africa and resignation of South Africa's finance minister Nhlanhla Nene last October. We have held series of meetings and consultation with Gupta Family and resolved to move the funds immediately out of South Africa for possible investment in safe economy in your Country.

Read latest details: https://edition.cnn.com/2018/10/09/africa/south-african-finance-minister-resigns/index.html

Read details: http://www.news24.com/Columnists/AdriaanBasson/forget-the-guptas-state-capture-just-became-much-scarier-20161024 and subsequent release of an affidavit by the former finance Minister Pravin Gordhan containing details of â€œsuspiciousâ€ bank transactions by Gupta owned companies which lead to the closure of the Gupta known accounts by the big banks in south Africa. Read detail: http://www.news24.com/SouthAfrica/News/breaking-gordhan-drops-gupta-nuclear-bomb-20161015.

Following this indictment, my clients are no longer comfortable, they wants their proxy accounts that I am in control of closed quietly and transfer their cash to an Offshore locations and invest it in the real sector of an economy in any part of the world that have good prospects. So we are looking for Manufacturers, Real estate developers, Construction Companies, and Oil Exploration Companies, Mining Corporations that will be vetted to qualify for this fund injection.

Please let us move forward with your organization to handle this operation and you and your company will be entitled to 30% of the cash injection and we will have to meet in person preferably in USA to discuss and structure the business plan out before commencement.

Have a blessed day.

Benson Muruvi (Esq)
Email: giidp955@gmail.com

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