419 scam: edward dangote <edwarddangote68@gmail.com> Your partnership is urgently required; please confirm the receipt of<br> this mess

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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.
The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
- "dear friend" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
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.
- infoenquiry13@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: edward dangote <edwarddangote68@gmail.com>
Reply-To: george.frank@bol.com.br
Date: Fri, 20 Aug 2021 06:27:12 -0700
Subject: Your partnership is urgently required; please confirm the receipt of
this message for more details.

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Compliments of the day my dear friend
Your partnership is urgently required; please confirm the receipt of this
message for more details.

Sir

This message is official and personal and as such should be kept highly
confidential so I plead with you to kindly keep it as such. My name is
Mr.Edward Dangote, An administrative secretary to Diplomatic Union Of West
African States, I decided to contact you believing that by the Grace of God
you will accept to be my partner in this business. I have been working with
this Company for years now. Within this period, I have watched how African
Heads of States and Government functionaries have been using' Diplomatic
Union Of West Africa State Ltd' to move huge sums of money USD, Pounds
Sterling, French Francs- (Cash) to their foreign partners. They bring in
these consignments of money and cash and secretly declare the contents as
jewelries, gold, diamond, precious stones, family treasure, African Arts
work/Antiquities documents etc. General Sanni Abacha of Nigeria (Dead)
Mobutu Sese-Seko of Zaire (Dead) Foday Sankoy of Sierra Leone. Babangida
of Nigeria etc.

I am contacting you regarding a cash transfer, that is on transit, can you
assist me in safekeeping it, amidst this Covid 19 pandemic, So please let
me know if you are capable of handling this project with me till the end so
that i will provide you with some other vital information's you need to
know on how you will receive the funds in your country.

Upon your response including your direct cellphone number and contact
details I shall then provide you with more details and relevant
information,please confirm the receipt of this message to my alternative
email: ( infoenquiry13@gmail.com )for more details

Yours truly
Mr. Edward Dangote,

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