419 scam: "DALI MPOFU ESQ. X" <iletisim@yigitaliuretenkadinlardernegi.com> Greetings Dear Friend!!!

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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:
- "inheritance funds" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
This email message is a next of kin scam.
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.
- advdalimpofu@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "DALI MPOFU ESQ. X" <iletisim@yigitaliuretenkadinlardernegi.com>
Reply-To: Advdalimpofu@gmail.com
Date: Sun, 28 Jun 2020 19:56:59 +0200
Subject: Greetings Dear Friend!!!

Hello,

KINDLY GET BACK TO ME HERE Advdalimpofu@gmail.com IF YOU ARE
INTERESTED. It is with trust and sincerity that I approach you for assista=
nce to transfer
some funds into your bank account. Please do accept my apology if my mail =
infringes on
your personal ethics. My name is Advocate Dali Mpofu. Based here in South =
Africa.
Honestly it will be my humble pleasure if we can work together.

I would like you to act as the next of kin to my deceased client, a citize=
n of your country,
who made a deposit of ($11.5 million) only with a Bank here, few years bac=
k a client of
mine died in a plane crash with his immediate family in a car crash withou=
t any
registered next of kin and as such the funds now have an open beneficiary =
mandate with
a Bank, This means that any person from your country can act as the next o=
f kin to the
deceased person for claiming the inheritance funds without any risk involv=
ed.

More so, I have received official letter from the bank suggesting a likely=
proceeding for
confiscation of the Fund in line with existing laws by the bank in which m=
y client
deposited the sum of ($11.5 million) (Eleven Million Five Hundred Thousand=
Dollars)
According to the Government Law as provided in section 129 sub 63(N), Sout=
h African
Banking Edit of 1961 at the expiration of 11 years the fund will revert to=
the ownership of
the South African Government, if nobody applies to claim the fund. My prop=
osition to
you is to present you to the bank as the Next of kin and beneficiary of my=
deceased client
so that the bank will pay this ($11.5 million) to you so that we can share=
the amount on a
mutually agreed percentage of 50% for me 50% for you. All legal documents =
to back up
your claim as the deceased Next of Kin will be provided by me.

All I require is your honest cooperation to enable us see this transaction=
through. I
guarantee you that this will be executed under a legitimate arrangement th=
at will protect
you from any breach of the law. If you are interested in this transaction,=
please do let
me know immediately so that I can give you comprehensive details on how to=
proceed.

Regards and God bless,
Advocate Dali Mpofu.

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