419 scam: Mike Moyo <mikemoyo2010@gmail.com> Private Message

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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:
- "robert mugabe" (the name of a person or institution often appearing 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.
- mikemoyo2011@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: Mike Moyo <mikemoyo2010@gmail.com>
Reply-To: mikemoyo2011@yahoo.com
Date: Mon, 4 Jul 2011 18:24:45 +0100 (BST)
Subject: Private Message

Dear Madam / Sir,
I am very sorry for troubling you with my problem but I have no option than to use this medium to see if God can touch you to assist me on my present predicament. My name is Mr. Mike Moyo, the elder son of Mr. Joseph, Moyo of Zimbabwe.

This might be a surprise to you about where I got your contact address, during the current war against the farmers in Zimbabwe from the supports of our President Robert Mugabe to claim all the white-owned farms to his party members and his followers, he ordered all white farmers to surrender all their farms to his party members and his followers.

My father is one of the best farmers in our country and because he did not support Mugabe's ideas, Mugabe's supporters invaded my father's farm and burnt everything in the farm, killing my father and made away with a lot of items in my father's farm.

But before then, my father handed over to my mother a proof of deposit slip/Agreement and some documents which was made between him and A VERY RELIABLE FINANCIAL SECURITY COMPANY here in Ghana on which he deposited the sum of $18. M (EIGHTEEN MILLION UNITED STATES OF AMERICA DOLLAR)

We have agreed to offer your 20% of the total sum for your assistance, 5% will be mapped out for any expenses that may be incurred in the course of this transaction and 75% will be for me and my family to invest in your country.

We are here as refugee and our status donâ€™t allow us to stand for the fund for transfer, we will like you to stand as our fatherâ€™s beneficiary, and with the help of our fatherâ€™s financial attorney this transfer is going to be fast and easy.

Thanks
Mr . Mike (For the family )
email:mikemoyo2011@yahoo.com

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