419 scam: "Mr.Alex Watt" <standardlife_watt@btinternet.com> Re: Investment with S. L. International

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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)
- "million british pounds" (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)
- ",000,000" (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)
- "00,000.00" (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)
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.

Fraud email example:

From: "Mr.Alex Watt" <standardlife_watt@btinternet.com>
Reply-To: standardlife_watt01@yahoo.co.uk
Date: Wed, 19 May 2010 00:28:04 +0000 (GMT)
Subject: Re: Investment with S. L. International

From: Mr.Alex Watt
Head of Investments,
Standard Life International.

Re: Investment with S. L. International.

Dear Sir/Madam

I send you greetings, i have found your contact email address listed on an Internet business Directory and it is my wish to do business with you, hence your receipt of this letter. I am Mr Alex Watt, Managing Partner, Standard Life International. Standard Life International is a business consulting firm, offering business advisor services worldwide, the World Largest Fund Management Company with over £1.2 Trillion Capital Investment Fund.

Neverthless, as The Standard Life International Fund Manager Partner, i handle all our Investor's Direct Capital Funds and secretly extracted 1.2% Excess Maximum Return Capital Profit (EMRCP) per annum on each of the Investor's Marginal Capital Fund. As an expert, I have made over £25,000,000.00 GBP (Twenty Five Million British Pounds) from the Investor's EMRCP and hereby looking for someone to trust who will stand as an Investor to receive the fund as Annual Investment Proceeds from Standard Life International Marginal Capital Fund. All confirmable documents to back up the claims will be made available to you prior to your
acceptance.

Meanwhile, I have worked out the modalities and technincalities whereby the funds can be claimed in any of our 6 Clearing Houses without any hitches. Our sharing ratio will be 50-50. If you are interested, you should send your direct phone number so we could discuss more on phone as regard the transaction.

N:B; Do not contact my office number or email for any reason, mainly for security purposes, all correspondence must be through this private box:

Sincerely.
Mr.Alex Watt

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