419 scam: "Mathew Wright" <mathew@gmail.com> Reply InvestmentANK DRAFT IS READY FOR DELIVERY!!!G APPLIY WIPŒë¸"

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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:

An email address listed inside this email has been used in a known fraud before.
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.
This email lists free webmail addresses. Use of such addresses is typical for scams. Lotteries, banks and any but the smallest of companies do not normally use such addresses. Criminals use them to anonymously send and receive email at Internet cafes.
- personalonly@hotmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Mathew Wright" <mathew@gmail.com>
Reply-To: personalonly@hotmail.com
Date: Tue, 16 Nov 2010 10:40:18 -0430 (VET)
Subject: Reply Investment

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Dr Mathew Wright
Oakhill house,130 Tonbridge,
Hildenborough. Kent TN119DZ,
United Kingdom.

Greetings to you,
Please after reading this mail and you are interested in what I have to
say please reply to my personal email address (personalonly@hotmail.com)

I am Dr Mathew Wright, My main reason for contacting you is for us to
transact a business together which i have already set in place waiting for
a reliable partner to finish it up, I have made $9.4m from the Investor's
EMRCP and hereby looking for someone to trust who will stand as an
Investor to receive the funds as Annual Investment Proceeds from United
Kingdom, All documents to back up the claims will be made available to you
once this funds is ready to be paid.

You will not be required to pay any upfront money because i have already
made arrangments with a financier that will finance this transaction from
begining to the final stage, I have worked out the strategies and
technicalities whereby the funds can be claimed in any of our 6 Clearing
Houses without any hitches. Our sharing ratio will be 40 for you and 60
for me, Should incase you are interested, Please email me your name,
address etc, for further details.

Since I cannot determine if this email is still functional and also your
willingness to Cooperate with me; I have kept this proposal brief. If you
are interested in this proposal, please respond to enable us proceed with
this transaction, your expedient response will be appreciated as I look
forward to hearing from you soonest. Please send all email correspondence
to my personal email address. Please reply this mail to:
(personalonly@hotmail.com)

Sincerely,
Dr Mathew Wright
Oakhill house, 130 Tonbridge,
Hildenborough. Kent TN119DZ,
United Kingdom.

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