419 scam: Tom West <fundcompensationinternationalm@gmail.com> From Tom West

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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.
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.

Fraud email example:

From: Tom West <fundcompensationinternationalm@gmail.com>
Reply-To: tomwest20121@gmail.com
Date: Wed, 1 Oct 2014 10:25:48 -0700
Subject: From Tom West

Hello dear,

My Name is Mr.Tom West, From United Kingdom, my resolve to contact you
for investment plan in your Country. itâ€™s no more a secret that
investment is thriving fast in your country, therefore I want to
INVEST in your country and be my BUSINESS PARTNER, am ready to invest
in any sector such as Manufacturing, Agriculture, Real Estate, Hotel
and any other Business that can bring good turnover@expected time.

Therefore, if you choose to be of assistance, I am ready to send the
more details to you regarding the investment collaboration/Partnership
on whatever moralities the investment will entails over there in your
country. Nevertheless, am presently in United Kingdom, Therefore if
you are ready to collaborate/Partnership with me in this investment,
in your reply let me know if you are interested or not, this we enable
us to proceed further. Thanking you in anticipation and i will be
looking forward to read your reply.

Thanks with Best Regards.
Mr.Tom West.

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