419 scam: GEORGE ALLEN <info.investmentacumen01@gmail.com> FIDELITY INVESTMENT!

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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:
- "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)
- "is 100% risk free" (almost true for the criminal trying to scam you - arrests of online criminals are rare)
This email message is a next of kin scam.
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.
- george.allen111@rediffmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: GEORGE ALLEN <info.investmentacumen01@gmail.com>
Reply-To: george.allen111@rediffmail.com
Date: Wed, 15 Jan 2014 03:31:30 +0100
Subject: FIDELITY INVESTMENT!

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Dear Partner,

With due respect, I need to introduce myself to you, I am George Allen a
British citizen and a banker by profession. My main purpose of sending this
message to you is to seek for your partnership to do a business that will
benefit the both of us, I work with Intelligent Investment bank as an audit
and accounting manager in London, I am pleased to contact you because of
your last name and it’s going to benefit the both of us, that’s if you can
be trusted and not to betray me at the end of this business. Why I am
pleased to contact you is that your last name corresponds that of a
deceased client in our bank who died on 12th January 2010 Earthquake
disaster in Haiti, that killed over 200,000 people, And it will be very
easy for me to use you as the next of kin to the deceased account so that
the fund can be moved to you as the next of kin to the deceased.

It will be my pleasure if we can do this business together and share this
money 50/50 and there is no risk at all because I don’t want to be greedy
here, the deceased, lodged the sum of (15Million British Pounds Sterling)
in our bank and I am his account officer and I know what to do to put your
name in the bank DATA BASE as the next of kin to the deceased account,
automatically you will be the next of kin to the fund and there will be no
trace for that, I assure you that this transaction is 100% risk free that’s
if you will not betray me at the end of this transaction. If you are
interested to do this business deal with me, kindly contact me with details
via my direct E-mail: (george.allen111@rediffmail.com) notwithstanding,
this business must be confidential between us. Even if you are not
interested endeavor not to disclose it to anyone. Thanks for your
anticipated cooperation and understanding, I await for your urgent and
meaningful response.

Hope this mail finds you in good faith.
I remain respectfully.

George Allen.
E-Mail: (george.allen111@rediffmail.com)

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