419 scam: ued@capitec.us PARTNERSHIP INQUIRY .+,

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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:
- "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)
- "transaction is risk free" (almost true for the criminal trying to scam you - arrests of online criminals are rare)
- "international remittance department" (Banks mentioned in 419 scams are always fake (real banks don't communicate using mobile phones or free webmail addresses))
- "(ecowas)" (the name of a person or institution often appearing in 419 scams)
- "ecowas " (the name of a person or institution often appearing in 419 scams)
- "god fearing " (scammers in West Africa like to use religious phrases)
- "mailroom101@qq.com" (this email address has been used in a known scam)
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.
- +27847628330 (South Africa, prepaid mobile phone)

Fraud email example:

From: ued@capitec.us
Reply-To: MAILROOM101@QQ.COM
Date: Fri, 13 Jan 2017 15:12:55 -0800
Subject: PARTNERSHIP INQUIRY .+,

ANDREA LEON
8116 Roggebaai, 8012,
Cape Town, South Africa

Greetings,

Hope this mail finds you well.

I am writing with my personal respect and with regards to your reposed personality /Firm as a reliable, trustworthy and God fearing human being. I got your contact through the help of Chamber of Commerce.

After the recent meeting held in Lome (Togo) by the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) Monetary Inspection Team, ECOWAS Member States Ministers, Directors of Multinational Companies, Bank Chief Executives, Delegates of International Monetary Fund (I.M.F) and that of the World Bank were instructed to pay for contract done with Federal Government of Gabon by foreign contractors.

Following series of complains and petitions received from foreign contractors, due to the misconduct of banking operation and extortion of fund from foreigners going after their payment. An instruction was issued to the Gabon Government via its APEX BANK the Central Bank of Gabon (CBG). At the end of the meeting we were directed to pay some of the outstanding foreign payments via the ECOWAS Corresponding Bank the Raiffessen Bank,Praha through its International Remittance Department.

Based on the fresh payment allocation a lot of contractors have been able to receive their contract payments. I will like to, at this point in time inform you of a floating unclaimed draft which only my very self as the assigned Director International Remittance Department and General Supervisor is aware of the unclaimed draft. We are now into writing you, seeking for your assistance to change the beneficiary of this fund into your name because the information reaching my office indicates that the owner of the so unclaimed draft is no more alive and there is nobody that comes for the payment.

As such I, in conjunction with the supervisor have greed to transfer this amount of money $87.65 M U.S dollars (Eighty Seven Million, point 650,000.00 U.S Dollars) to your account. We will suggest that you send your personal/company name to enable us do the necessary changes. We intend to resign and come over to your country for further investment after the confirmation of this fund in your account. We have also agreed to give you 20% of the total fund for your assistance. We wish also to inform you that this transaction is risk free. Kindly make this information top secret for security reasons.

Your reply is needed immediately via my private email; mailroom101@qq.com , Tel: +27847628330.

Thanks.
MR. ANDREA LEON
PetroSA
Asst. Dir, International Remittance Department
N.B: The draft belongs to late client and that is why we intend to make the transfer to your account, couple with the fact that you bear the same name with the beneficiary.

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