419 scam: "Grace Ntombizodwa Mugabe" <n7ss@arrl.net> Hello Dear,

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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:
- "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.

Fraud email example:

From: "Grace Ntombizodwa Mugabe" <n7ss@arrl.net>
Reply-To: gracentombizodwamugabe00@gmail.com
Date: Sat, 08 Feb 2020 03:56:39 -0800
Subject: Hello Dear,

Hello Dear,

My name is Grace Ntombizodwa Mugabe. I am a businesswoman, a politician and the widow of former Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe.

I am sending you this message in real desperation because I need a trustworthy partner to assist me in relocating our family's money in a bank in South Africa to safety and investment. The death of my husband has brought so much hardship to my family,businesses and political career.

My husband before retiring from politics had very serious issues with the members of a political party he founded. In fact it was the party hierarchy that orchestrated a coup with the military wind of the same party and removed my husband from politics.

Now the man died afterwards and his former vice president that took over from him while he was still alive then became a very bitter enemy of the family and wanted to destroy my husband's legacy and reputation. He has clandestinely frozen the family accounts and chased away all my business partners both local and international and sniffing everywhere in search of the family's money and treasures.

In desperation I want to move out this fund because this present government is bent on doing anything possible to destroy and seize all the family's fund and assets and for that reason I want to partner with you and move to safety this money in South Africa.

The amount is USD650 million The money as I am writing is still very safe and intact and nobody knows about it except the family financial expert because the money is in a special security account in the bank.

If you want to assist me in this project, kindly give me your private phone number for a serious discussion and direction on how to go about this project.

Thank you,
Best Regards,
Grace Ntombizodwa Mugabe.

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