419 scam: "Fitz Griffith Jones"<FitzGriffithJones@aol.com> URGENT LETTER

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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)
- "is 100% risk free" (almost true for the criminal trying to scam you - arrests of online criminals are rare)
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.

Fraud email example:

From: "Fitz Griffith Jones" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <fgjones247@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 13 Jan 2015 06:58:22 -0800
Subject: URGENT LETTER

Dear,

I am Fitz Griffith Jones a personal assistant to Multimillionaire Robert Ekaireb,who has been sentenced to life imprisonment without parole for the murder of his wife.Please kindly go through the link below and see some more information

http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-london-25452276

Remain honest to me till the end of this important business trusting in you and believing in God that you will not disappoint me at the end.

The owner of this account who was Mr Robert Ekaireb, from United Kingdom and an Industrialist / businessman who has been sentenced to life imprisonment,since August 2006.Until now no other person(s) knows about this account or could give any documentary evidence concerning this account except me his Personal Assistant. Meanwhile the total amount Involved sixty five million pounds ( ?65m only.)And has been kept in Euroclear for safe keeping.

I am only contacting you as a foreigner because this money can not be approved to a local account, without valid international foreign "Agreement", but could only be approved to any foreigner with valid international documents.

I would like both of us to build confidence and trust to sign an agreement that will build us together before transferring the money to any account of your choice where the fund will be safe for safety keeping.

At the conclusion of this business, you will be given 60% of the total amount,40% will be for me, this business is 100% risk free, be rest assured that this deal is legal.

I look forward to your earliest reply.

Best regards.
Fitz Griffith Jones

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