419 scam: "Mr. Johnson Adams" <stetzel@citznet.com> Re: You Must Not Miss This

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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.
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.

Fraud email example:

From: "Mr. Johnson Adams" <stetzel@citznet.com>
Reply-To: adams0johnson@gmail.com
Date: Tue, 21 Jul 2015 23:41:21 +0100
Subject: Re: You Must Not Miss This

Attn:

I write to you based on a request by an investor for funding/investment in your project.

My name is Mr. Johnson Adams, the CEO / Financial Consultant and Adviser working with Global Assets & Investment Trust Limited UK and I engage in business feasibility.

My reason for contacting you is that my client who is an ex-politician, who made his funds during his tenure in the Government, has an urgent need to invest a considerable amount of funds into lucrative opportunities in your country. My client's request is for a competent individual or company such as you, who will be willing to put this money to good use for a period of 8 years for a start.

He is offering you these terms:

1). 10% annual income will be given to my client from his investment while 90% will go to you the partner (Company or Individual) that handle the investment after the expenses in running the business might have been deducted. My client will start receiving his annual income after 24 months of investment.

2). the fund will be used by you as a foreign Administrator as a loan without any interest or collateral.

Should this be of interest to you, please do not hesitate to e-mail me back for further information. I will like to examine your Executive Summary to consider you to fit our investor criteria provisionally, only serious businessmen and women or their representatives should contact me.

I take this opportunity to thank you for taking your time to read the contents of this email.

Best regards

Mr. Johnson Adams
CEO / Financial Adviser
Global Assets & Investment Trust Ltd,
London, United Kingdom.

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