419 scam: "Evis.Brown"<aeaeplus@neostrada.pl> [Spam] GOOD DAY

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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:
- "million pounds" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.

Fraud email example:

From: "Evis.Brown" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <elvis.brown29@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 8 Apr 2011 13:56:49 +0800
Subject: [Spam] GOOD DAY

Good Day

How are you ? Hope you are fine today?

I am Mr.Elvis Brown,the associate director of Fidelity
International Investments London,The World Largest Funds management
with over 3.2 Trillion GBP Capital Investment Funds. Nevertheless, as
Fidelity Funds Manager, i handle all our investors Direct Capital Fund
and secretly extracted 3.2% Excess Maximum Return Capital Profit
(EMRCP) per annum on each of investor's Magellan Capital Funds.

As an expert, i have made over 129.8million Pounds from the investor's
EMCRP and hereby contacting you to stand as an investor to receive the
funds as annual Investment Proceeds from Fidelity Magellan Capital
Funds.

All conformable documents to back up this claim will be made available
to you prior to your acceptance. Meanwhile, I have worked out the
strategics and technicalities where the funds can be claimed in any of
our 6 clearing houses without any hitch. Our sharing ratio will be
50-50 while expenses during the process of transaction will be based
on individual capability.

If you are interested in handling this life changing and promising
transaction of mine, please email me your name and direct telephone
number for discussion of this deal in further details.

Best Regards,
Mr.Elvis Brown
Associate Director

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