419 scam: "HAROLD AND SIBUSISO INVESTMENT"<busisoinvestment@hsinvetmenta.com> RE: Looking For Investment Opportunity With Your Company.

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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 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.
- +27842770476 (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.
- haroldsibusisoinvestment@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "HAROLD AND SIBUSISO INVESTMENT" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <haroldsibusisoinvestment@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 22 Nov 2017 19:23:45 +0200
Subject: RE: Looking For Investment Opportunity With Your Company.

HAROLD AND SIBUSISO INVESTMENT COMPANIES

150 Commissioner St, Marshalltown, Johannesburg,
2107, SOUTH AFRICA

Company Number: 2014/016875/07

Attn:

We wish to inform you of our interest to establish a successful business relationship with your company. Our aim is to interchange services in assisting each other in our diverse business/investments interests in our various countries.

We are representing investment interests from investors in Africa interested in overseas investment in your country. However, the investors I represent are ready to facilitate and fund any reliable persons or business that is capable of generating 7-15 % annual return on any lucrative projects that he or she can recommend;

If you think you have solid background and ideas of making good profit in any of the mentioned business sector in your country, kindly write or telephone so that I may provide you with further details for possible business co-operation. After which, we shall then come to an understanding concerning the prospective areas of investment in your area or elsewhere to facilitate which will be conducive for the investors.

Regards,

HAROLD AND SIBUSISO INVESTMENT COMPANIES
Sibusiso Shandu | Director
Johannesburg | South Africa
Tel: +27842770476
Email: haroldsibusisoinvestment@gmail.com
Website: http://www.hsinvestmentco.com

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