419 Scam – Advance Fee / Fake Lottery Scam (2006-01)

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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 united states dollars" (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: "Mr.Murray Davidson" <murray_davidsonuk2@yahoo.com.ph>
Reply-To: murray_davidsonuk1@yahoo.com.ph
Date: Sun, 07 Dec 2014 12:29:42 -0800
Subject: =?utf-8?Q?Spam?=
FROM Murray Davidson.

Compliments,

I am Mr. Murray Davidson, the Fund Manager of Fidelity Investment International. The World largest fund management company with over $265.2 billion Capital Investment Fund.

Nevertheless, as the Fund Manager, I handle all our Investor's Direct Capital Funds and I secretly extracted Excess Maximum Return CapitalProfit (EMRCP) per annum on each of the Investor's Marginal Capital Fund.As an expert, I have made $25 Million United States Dollars from the Investor's EMRCP and I am hereby looking for someone to trust, who will
stand as an Investor to receive the fund as Annual Investment Proceeds from Fidelity Marginal Capital Fund.

Meanwhile, I have worked out the modalities and technicalities where by the funds can be claimed in any of our 6 Clearing Houses without any hitches. Our sharing ratio will be 60% for me and 40% for you. If you are interested, please send the following details to me for further details;

(1) Your full name:
(2) Mobile Phone:
(3) Contact address:
(4) Profession:

So we can proceed immediately and discuss more on phone regarding this transaction. Therefore, I wait to hear from you as soon as you accept this proposal.

Yours Sincerely,
Murray Davidson.

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