419 scam: "Dan Nash Jr." <dan.nashjr@yahoo.com> Good Day

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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:
- "robert mugabe" (the name of a person or institution often appearing in 419 scams)
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.
- +27781323613 (South Africa, prepaid mobile phone)

Fraud email example:

From: "Dan Nash Jr." <dan.nashjr@yahoo.com>
Reply-To: "Dan Nash Jr." <dannashjr@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 1 Nov 2014 12:57:19 +0000 (UTC)
Subject: Good Day

With due respect, My Name is Daniel Nash Jr., the only son of (Late Mr. Maynard H. Nash) who died in Land dispute in Zimbabwe (19th March 2003), which the President ordered Foreigners to surrender their farmlands to his Party Members. My Late Father was one of the Rich Farmers that was not in support of President Robert Mugabe new Law.

For that reason, the supporters came into our home and seized my father's properties and Farms Lands.

Before this problem occurred, there is sum of US$15.5Million My Late Father deposited in one of the Security Company in Republic of South Africa as a Family Treasure to avoid much fees from the company. And this money was intended by my Late Father to establish new farms in Lesotho and Swaziland.

I have made up my mind to invest this US$15.5Million in your country. I will be much happy if I can hear from you, so that you can help me to open a Non-Resident account where the US$15.5Million will be deposited for onward transfer to your Country for investment.

I prepared 20% for your assistance, and 80% for my investment in your country, or anywhere you preferred safe apart from Zimbabwe and South Africa.

Thanks and God bless

Daniel Nash Jr.

Call/SMS: +27781323613

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