419 scam: "Mr Tim McCarron"<timmcarron@mail2economist.com> YOUR FINANCIAL REPORT

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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:
- "discussion of this transaction in further details" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.

Fraud email example:

From: "Mr Tim McCarron" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <timmacarron@hotmail.com>
Date: Mon, 12 Mar 2012 17:54:02 +0100
Subject: YOUR FINANCIAL REPORT

Attn,

I am Tim McCarron , a freelance independent Investment Funds Manager for Fidelity Investment International.The World Largest Funds Management Company with over $1.2Trillion Capital Investment Funds.Nevertheless , as Fidelity Funds Manager, I handle all our Investor's Direct Capital Funds and my position afforded me the opportunity to secure 1.2% Excess Maximum Return Capital Profit (EMRCP) per annum on each of the Investor's Magellan Capital Funds.

As the fund manager skilled in Database Management and Administration, I was able to make over 25m pounds from the Investor's EMRCP via Online Trade Investment and hereby looking for someone to trust who will stand as an Investor to receive the funds as Annual Investment Proceeds from Fidelity Magellan Capital Funds.
All confirmable documents to back up the claims will be made available to you in the cause of this transaction. Meanwhile, I have worked out the strategies and technicalities whereby the funds can be claimed in any of our 6 Clearing Houses without hitches.Our sharing ratio will be 50-50 in case you are interested,Your full details will be needed for further proceeding, your direct telephone number for discussion of this transaction in further details.

Sincerely.
Tim McCarron

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