419 scam: "Mr. Collier John"<ttttimm@googlemail.com> GET BACK TO ME

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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: "Mr. Collier John" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <gmoore6891@aol.com>
Date: Wed, 19 Aug 2009 21:08:52 +0100
Subject: GET BACK TO ME

Fund Manager: Collier John
Fidelity Investments International
Oakhill House, 130 Tonbridge Rd Hildenborough
Tonbridge,Kent TN11 9DZ,
London.

URGENT BUSSINESS PROPOSAL
I am COLLIER JOHN The Fund Manager of Fidelity Investment
International. The World Largest Fund Management Company with over
1.2Trillion Capital Investment Fund and over 900 thousand investors all
over the world. Nevertheless,as The Fidelity Fund Manager, I handle all
our Investor's Direct Capital Funds (financial funds).

As a routine, every investor gets the percentage profit or dividend
from the total cash he or she invested into the company annually. Last
year it was announced that the profit margin was 20% after calculating
carefully I found out that the profit margin was 21.1% that is an
excess of 1.2% on each investor so I secretly extracted 1.2% Excess
Maximum Return Capital Profit (EMRCP) per annum on each of the
Investor's Marginal Capital Fund and created a separate account where
the total sum of the extraction was kept as an expert, the account has
a value of 28, 745, 000, 00.(pounds) Now, I am looking for someone who
I can trust to stand as an Investor to receive the fund as Annual
Investment Proceeds from Fidelity Marginal Capital Fund. All
confirmable and legal documents to back up the claims will be made
available to you as soon as possible.

Meanwhile, I have worked out the modalities and technicalities 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,get
back to me through email so that I will provide you more information
about the transaction or you provide me with phone number to reach you
for more details.

Sincerely,

MR. COLLIER JOHN

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