419 scam: Mr. Simon Adams<simonadamsonline@yahoo.co.za> CONSULTANT

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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:
- "dear sir/madam" (a standard Nigerian greeting phrase)
- "is 100% risk free" (almost true for the criminal trying to scam you - arrests of online criminals are rare)
- "simonadamsonline@gmx.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.

Fraud email example:

From: Mr. Simon Adams<simonadamsonline@yahoo.co.za>
Reply-To: simonadamsonline@gmx.com
Date: Sun, 30 Jun 2019 08:28:46 +0200
Subject: CONSULTANT

Dear Sir/Madam,

I am Mr. Simon Adams; I represent a well-known African family currently living in Political Asylum. I have a very sensitive and private brief meeting from this family to ask for your partnership to re-profile a huge amount of fund. I will give the details, but in summary, the fund is in Custodial Service of one of the key bank with offices and vault in Southern Africa where we have a considerable stake on behalf of the investorâ€™s family.

Presently we have established a profiling channel through our Financial Adviser, he is a top official in Reserve Bank of South Africa and he has all the contact we needs in perfecting and in making the profiling channel successful. To be precisely, the fund has been since lodged into Standard Bank of South Africa, the Financial Adviser who is a reliable financial expert will commence with his arrangements as soon as we concur. We need to present you or your Company as a management Consultant to undertake and complete this re-profiling job under his supervision. This is a legitimate transaction and the fund is 100% risk free, safe and secured.

I propose that you will be compensated with a well deserved percentage on the entire fund for your engagement and in "management consultation", to assist in re-profile the fund appropriately under the condition if weâ€™re able to reach terms on the nitty-gritty involved.

Should you be interested and willing to work with me in utmost confidence, kindly provide me with your corporate profile, with your details it will leverage me to further you with comprehensive facts of the proposal. I hope I can trust you in going forward and please for security reasons let our communication remain via email for now. (simonadamsonline@gmx.com)

Best regards,

Mr. Simon Adams.

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