419 scam: Johnson <ccollinsmmark2020@yahoo.com> Potential Investor !!!

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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.
The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
- "a security company " (this will cost you money - be careful with upfront payments to anyone you only know through email, especially if they promise you a lot of money. NEVER send money by Western Union or MoneyGram to people you do not know personally - NO EXCEPTIONS! Instant wire transfer services are not meant to be used with strangers because they offer no protection against fraud. That is precisely why the criminals want you send money that way. )
- "is highly confidential" (scammers urge victims to keep the transaction secret because they don't want anyone to point out to them that it is a scam)
- "is 100% risk free" (almost true for the criminal trying to scam you - arrests of online criminals are rare)
- "barr." (Barristers (lawyers) mentioned in 419 scams are always fake.)
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.

Fraud email example:

From: Johnson <ccollinsmmark2020@yahoo.com>
Reply-To: johnson_douglas@freemail.hu
Date: Wed, 14 Jul 2010 07:52:48 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: Potential Investor !!!

Attn; President/CEO

Dear Sir,

This might seem very deplorable for a person that you do not know but as the title implies, I am Barr. Johnson Douglas (SAN), the legal advicer to Mrs Turai Yar'Adua, wife of the formal Nigeria President Umaru Yar'Adua who was struck ill in November 2009 and was subsequently hospitalised in Saudi Arabia.

President Umaru Yar'Adua, who returned to Nigeria in February after months of medical treatment in Saudi Arabia, has died at the age of 58.

I am contacting you due to the present situation as regards some fund (worth millions of dollars) kept as reserve for foreign investment with an undisclosed Security companies while in Saudi Arabia with her late husband.

We search out for a competent ,reliable and honest foreign partner to handle this fortunes by way of profit oriented investment on a percentage sharing between she and the potential investor.

I have finalized all the necessary arrangement for you to claim the fund. By virtue of your names and nationality you are legally qualified to put claim as your business partner.

According to my estimation in West Africa alone we still have about USD85m in cash in a Security Company that we intend to invest abroad through your assistance. For the purpose of investment in areas of your interest, contact me as a handsome reward of 20% of the total sum awaits you, subject to our negotiation and agreement.

All information and documents to facilitate this claim will be giving to you. It is 100% risk free as I have taken all necessary preventive measures to protect you from any breach of the law.

You can contact me via my e-mail for security reason for further details for now. In the event of you not being interested in this proposal, endeavor to keep this highly confidential!

Thanks and God bless!

Barr. Johnson Douglas (SAN).
On behalf of the Family.

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