419 scam: "ADANI & SONS GROUP" <admin@adanigroup.com> (no subject)

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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: "ADANI & SONS GROUP" <admin@adanigroup.com>
Reply-To: adanisood@yahoo.com.hk
Date: Fri, 31 Jul 2009 11:38:24 -0500 (CDT)
Subject:

ADANI & SONS GROUP
GAUTAM S. ADANI

I am Mr. GAUTAM S. ADANI currently based in Madrid Spain and I represent
an group of company (Finance Firm) based in India (ADANI & SONS GROUP) as
the CEO in its European regional office here in Madrid Spain, we are
currently seeking means of expanding and relocating our business interest
Europe, middle east and America in the following sectors: real estate,
mining, transportation and farming. Hotel management. If you think you
have a solid background and idea of making good profit in any of the
mentioned business sectors in your country, please write me for possible
business co-operation. More so, we are ready to facilitate and fund any
business proposal you may have or your current business that is capable of
generating 10% Annual Return on Investment (AROI). JV partnership and loan
financing can also be considered. Looking forward for possible business
collaboration with you and give you a comprehensive details of this
transaction and how we intend handling the whole process.

Regards

GAUTAM SOOD ADANI
(CEO ADANI & SONS GROUP Madrid Office Spain.)

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