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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:

Fraud email example:

From: Richard Alex <richardalexx101@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 17 Oct 2010 18:47:10 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: Good Day Sir/Madam



Good Day Sir/Madam,



I am Richard Alex, Associate Director, Global Express Investments,and the World Largest Funds management with over 1.2 Trillion GBP Capital Investment Funds. Nevertheless, as Global Express Investments Associate Director, I handle all our investors Direct Capital Funds and secretly extract3.2% Excess Maximum Return Capital Profit(EMRCP) per annum on each of investor's Marginal Capital Funds.



As an expert, I have made over 9.8million GBP from the investor's EMRCP and here by looking for someone to trust who can stand as an investor to receive the funds as annual Investment Proceeds from Global Express Investments Marginal Capital Funds.



All confirmable documents to back up this claim will be made available to you prior to your acceptance.Meanwhile, I have worked out the strategies and technicalities where the funds can be claimed in any of our 6 clearing houses without any hitch .Our sharing ratio will be 50-50 while expenses Shall be incurred as per each capability during the process of transaction.



Should in case you are interested, please reply to me as soon as possible and also email me your Full Name, Contact,Address,Age, occupation, Direct telephone number for discussion of this deal in further details.



Sincerely,



Richard Alex.



Associate Director



London



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