419 scam: ADMIN <info@noreply.com> Financing Your Projects

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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:

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:
- ",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)
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
This email lists mobile phone numbers. Use of such numbers is typical for scams because they allow criminals to conceal their true location. They can receive calls in an Internet cafe from where they send you emails, while pretending to be in some office.
- +27718601740 (South Africa, prepaid mobile phone)

Fraud email example:

From: ADMIN <info@noreply.com>
Reply-To: xwshabalala@outlook.com
Date: Mon, 13 Feb 2023 13:00:42 +0200
Subject: Financing Your Projects

Attn: Sir/Madam,

Greetings,

I write to inform you that my office is in a cordial working
relationship with a Group of International Funders with high capacity of
financing any viable Government, Corporate and Private Projects/Business
opportunities with our experience team of professional evaluators, hence
we seek any of the interested audience to take advantage of the
opportunity as funds has been mapped out by the investors to be released
for any viable project with good Return On Investment. My clients can
provide investment funds in the region US$500,000- to US$200,000,000 in
financial investment support to you, depending on the government
contract, project or business and provided that the Return on Investment
(ROI) will be paid back as would be agreed in a written Contract.
Therefore, if you have any funding need as mentioned above, kindly
contact me for more details on the procedure moving forward, thank you.

Yours Sincerely,

Mr. Xolisile W. Shabalala
Operating Capital Consultant
Phone: +27-71-860-1740

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