419 scam: Daniel Morrison <ddmba2@hotmail.com> Re: Your Urgent Attention Needed.

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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:

The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
- "money laundering" ("anti-terrorist", "anti-money laundering" or "drug-free" certificates are a common way for criminals in fake lottery scams and other Advance Fee scams to get you to send money to them. There are no such certificates in the real banking world. )
- ",000,000" (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)
- "00,000.00" (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)
- "top secret" (scammers urge victims to keep the transaction secret because they don't want anyone to point out to them that it is a scam)
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.
- diolojh@gmail.com (Gmail/GoogleMail; can be used from anywhere worldwide)

Fraud email example:

From: Daniel Morrison <ddmba2@hotmail.com>
Date: Fri, 4 Nov 2022 08:46:40 +0000
Subject: Re: Your Urgent Attention Needed.

Attn: Sir/ Madam,
Good day and how are you. I am Mr John Diololo currently working with Phala Phala farm owned by the South African president Mr. Cyril Ramaphosa who is facing an allegation of money laundering based on the millions of US dollars found in this farm. Some Namibian nationals that were working here made away with over US$4,000,000.00 in cash.
The money in question is in total US$64,000,000.00 and those guys made away with $4M which they saw while the remaining US$60M was hidden elsewhere inside the same Phala Phala farm. My Boss/president quickly handed the rest of the US dollars amounting to US$60,000,000.00 to me as his confidant and instructed me to find a way and move it to an overseas account with immediate effect, it is in this regard that I am contacting you.
Please note that this matter has to be treated with utmost confidence and TOP SECRET, if you cannot keep this to yourself and follow my instructions by respecting his wish please do not reply. After securing the money in your care we wish to invest it with you until 2028 when his second time in the office will end.
See this link: https://www.enca.com/news/ramaphosa-farm-theft-watch-robbery-may-be-linked-ct-gang-report

Best Regards,
Mr John Diololo
Email: diolojh@gmail.com

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