419 scam: "Mr.A. Jacouris" <jacantonis001@videobank.it> INVESTMENT PROPOSAL!!!

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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!

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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.A. Jacouris" <jacantonis001@videobank.it>
Reply-To: jacantonis@videobank.it
Date: Fri, 11 Jun 2010 17:24:05 +0100
Subject: INVESTMENT PROPOSAL!!!

Attention:

Respectfully, I am Mr. Antonio Jacouris, a citizen of Isle of man and a
Financial Consultant.I sent this information to you in respect of my
client who
has a solid plan to invest in your country and therefore seek your consent and
partnership to invest into the areas of real estates, haulage transportation
business or tourism.

My client who is currently under house arrest is social crusader and was an
important figure in the past administration in his home country is now
undergoing some political persecutions and probes because of his opposition to
the policies of the new government so he will like his name to be
protected for
now. Based on the above facts, I was mandated to seek for a reliable and
trustworthy partner through his Attorney to inform you of his desire to invest
in your country under your able supervision and management. So could
you give me
answers to the below questions:

(1) Are you interested in partnering with my client on this project?
(2) Are you ready to receive and invest this fund on behalf of my client?
(3) Can you supervise the investment on behalf of my clients?

If YES are your answers to the above questions, then you should get back to me
so that the sum of $12.90M should be channeled to you under a special
and secure
payment arrangement from his holding Bank. So, if you can receive and invest
this fund, kindly reply me with your acceptance letter so that I can give you
more information?s on how we can proceed.

Best regards,

Mr. Antonio Jacouris.

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