419 scam: "A.. Nzumal" <info@planethome.com> Guten tag.

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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.
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
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.
- anthony.zuma@aol.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "A.. Nzumal" <info@planethome.com>
Reply-To: <anthony.zuma@aol.com>
Date: Sat, 12 Aug 2017 05:11:38 +0100
Subject: Guten tag.

Lieber Freund, Mein Name ist Anthony Zele Nzuma, ich bin der Kreditmanager =
bei Standard Chartered Bank Plc, S=FCdafrika, ich schreibe Ihnen auf einem =
Business-Vorschlag, um eine gro=DFe Summe Geld zu =FCbertragen vier Million=
en.Euros . Dieses Konto geh=F6rt Herrn Christian Eich, einem Kunden unserer=
Bank, der zusammen mit seiner Familie im Flugzeugabsturz gestorben ist. Ch=
ristian Eich war deutscher Herkunft. Ich brauche die Zusammenarbeit eines a=
usl=E4ndischen Partners wie Sie, um das Geld in Ihrem Land zu bekommen, wei=
l die Regierung von S=FCdafrika das Geld als nicht beanspruchte Mittel samm=
elt, wenn wir das Geld nicht au=DFerhalb der Bank =FCberweisen. Ich werde a=
lles mit der Hilfe meines Anwalts tun, um alle Rechtsdokumente zu erhalten,=
damit unsere Bank das Geld in Ihrem Namen als gesetzlicher Beg=FCnstigter =
/ Partner des sp=E4ten Herrn Christen Eich =FCberweisen kann. Nachdem das G=
eld freigegeben ist, wird die Bank die Gelder =FCber unsere Bank diplomatis=
chen Service nach Europa liefern, wo man das Geld sicher ohne Probleme erha=
lten kann. Ich werde sp=E4ter kommen, um dich zu treffen, um zu teilen. F=
=FCr Ihre Hilfe erhalten Sie 50% des Gesamtbetrags, w=E4hrend noch 50% wiil=
wird f=FCr mich sein. Beachten Sie, dass bei dieser Transaktion kein Risik=
o besteht, Bitte kontaktieren Sie mich, wenn Sie sich f=FCr meine private E=
-Mail interessieren: anthony.zuma@aol.com f=FCr weitere Details. Bitte lese=
n Sie: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/859479.stm Mit freundlichen =
Gr=FC=DFen, Anthony Z. Nzuma

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