419 scam: "Mrs. Cadence Mufaro" <cavenas@cavenas.com> Foreign Investment Partnership

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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 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.
- +27734149985 (South Africa, prepaid mobile phone)
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.
- mufaro.cadence@yahoo.es (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Mrs. Cadence Mufaro" <cavenas@cavenas.com>
Reply-To: mufaro.cadence@yahoo.es
Date: Sun, 06 Dec 2015 10:20:13 -0800
Subject: Foreign Investment Partnership

Dear Sir,

Re: Urgently In Need of Your Assistance

With due respect, trust and humility, I write to you this proposal, which I believe would be of great interest to you. I am looking for a reliable and capable foreign partner that will assist my family and I to transfer fund to a secure personal or company account for investment purpose, I am Mrs. Cadence Mufaro, the wife of Late MR. JOSEPH MUFARO, (ZANU-PF) who was a Commercial Farmer and very wealthy cocoa merchant in Bindura and Harare, the economic city of Zimbabwe.

My husband was among the people that were murdered in cold blood by the President Robert Mugabe Administration during the land dispute that just happened in Zimbabwe that exclusively affected the rich white farmers and some few blackâ€™s farmers and this resulted to the killing and mob action by Zimbabwean war veterans and some lunatics in the society. In fact, a lot of people were killed because of this land reform Act.

Before the death of my husband he Lodged the sum of US$34,000.000.00 (Thirty Four Million U.S. dollars) in one of the Security Company here in South African. In the cause of moving the fund to your account for investment my family has agreed to offer you Thirty percent (30%) of the fund for your assistant, while Seventy percent (70%) will be investment in your Company / Country for my family.

After the death of my husband, our lives were in danger; I decided to move my children out of ZIMBABWE to SOUTH AFRICA where we took asylum status.

You can contact me through my son PAUL MUFARO with the telephone and email address below. Please note that this transaction is absolutely risk free and your unconditional confidentiality is required for the safety of my family and the fund, please do call me for acknowledgement immediately you receive this letter on: +27 73 414 9985 or Email: (mufaro.cadence@yahoo.es), also send me your direct contact number for easy communication.

I anticipate your quick response,

Thanks and God bless you.

Mrs. Cadence Mufaro & Paul (Son)
E-mail: mufaro.cadence@yahoo.es
Tel: +27 73 414 9985

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