419 scam: Cabral Zida <mohammedmashie123@gmail.com> I am Barrister Cabral Zida,

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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:
- "from the desk of" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
- "hundred thousand united states dollars" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
- "is 100% risk free" (almost true for the criminal trying to scam you - arrests of online criminals are rare)
- "barrister" (Barristers (lawyers) mentioned in 419 scams are always fake.)
This email message is a next of kin scam.
Barristers (lawyers) mentioned in 419 scams are always fake.
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.
- zenacabral347@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: Cabral Zida <mohammedmashie123@gmail.com>
Reply-To: zenacabral347@gmail.com
Date: Thu, 17 Feb 2022 06:40:29 -0800
Subject: I am Barrister Cabral Zida,

>From The Desk Of: Barrister .Cabral Zida .

Greetings,

Sorry if I have intruded into your privacy by contacting you through
this medium without official notification. It is borne out of the
urgency of a very important and confidential matter. It is a personal
email directed to you alone and I request that it should be treated as
such. I am Barrister .Cabral Zida , a solicitor at law and the
personal attorney/sole executor to the late Mr. Thomas Bahia, who
worked as an independent oil magnate in (Zenon oil Company) . Before
his untimely death which claim the entire Family in a plane crash on
may 12 2010. here is link for your view:

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/13/world/middleeast/13libya.html?_r

Before his eventual death, I assisted him in the deposit of Twenty
Three Million, eight Hundred Thousand United States Dollars (
$23.8million ) in a Bank. The funds have remained unclaimed since his
death. Moreso , I have received official letters in the last few weeks
suggesting a likely proceeding for confiscation of his
abandoned/unclaimed fund in line with existing financial laws by the
apex bank here.

On this note and considering the lack of success in my effort to
locate any of his relatives for the past years, I hereby solicit your
personal consent, to present you to the Bank as my late client's
surviving family member or relation, so as to enable you put up a
legitimate and official claim to the Bank in that capacity as a next
of kin of my client. I would assist you in providing all the necessary
documents relating to the deposited fund whenever the Bank requested
for them. Therefore, to facilitate the immediate reprofiling of this
fund, you need, first to contact me via email signifying your interest
by Furnishing me with your following confidential details:

1.YOUR MOBILE NUMBER
2. YOUR CONTACT ADDRESS
3. YOUR FULL NAME & AGE
4. OCCUPATION
5. MARITAL STATUS

With the above details, I will be fully armed to defend you for the
claim proper. This transaction is 100% risk free and I don't want you
to entertain any fear because the security of all parties involved is
adequately guaranteed in as much as it is executed through the
appropriate manner and channel.

Please reply me as soon as possible for us to start this transaction in earnest.

Contact me on my direct email: zenacabral347@gmail.com
I wait in anticipation of your fullest co-operation.

Thanks and God bless.
Barrister .Cabral Zida

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