419 scam: "Vault Investment Ltd"<info@vaultinvestment.org> Re: Business Proposal/Joint Venture

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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!

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Some comments by the Scam-O-Matic about the following email:

An email address listed inside this email has been used in a known fraud before.
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.
This email lists mobile phone numbers. Use of such numbers is typical for scams because they allow criminals to conceal their true location. They can receive calls in an Internet cafe from where they send you emails, while pretending to be in some office.
- +44727210467
This email lists free webmail addresses. Use of such addresses is typical for scams. Lotteries, banks and any but the smallest of companies do not normally use such addresses. Criminals use them to anonymously send and receive email at Internet cafes.
- dr.ronney.c.adams@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Vault Investment Ltd" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <dr.ronney.c.adams@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 9 Mar 2016 13:35:10 +0200
Subject: Re: Business Proposal/Joint Venture

INVESTMENT PROPOSAL

I am Dr. Ronney .C. Adams the managing director of Vault Investment and Consultancy Service London. I run an international Business Promotion and Consultancy firm and I got your contact through the internet in my quest for a foreign investment for one of my clients.

My client is in the precious stone industry and owns mines in Angola and Democratic Republic of Congo. He also used to deal (buy and sell) in diamonds before international prohibition was placed on diamonds from war torn countries. Hence he decided to stop his diamond business and diversify his investment portfolio by investing abroad in different sector on partnership basis.

The followings are his specifications for your consideration and immediate attention:

1. Investment Capital Up To USD $25million
2. Area Of Interest - Real Estate, Hotel, Transportation, Civil Construction, Industries
3. Shares of partners depending on capital input, therefore subject to negotiation.
4. Interested party should be prepared to come to Dubai (United Arab Emirate) to sign agreement with him that will protect his interest before he releases and remit his capital to the designated account for the project after which he will travel back with the person to finalize and set up the business.

Please kindly note that you need not reply if you are not satisfied with the above conditions as my client will prefer to deal with somebody serious as the entire management and running of this venture will be the person's responsibility, because it will not be possible for my client to be physically present most of the time in view of his time consuming commitments with his diamond mine business.

Kindly give this proposal an urgent attention, as my client needs this information as soon as possible. My contacts are:

Tel No: +44 -72 -721-0467, Fax: +44-783-933-6181
E-mail: dr.ronney.c.adams@gmail.com

I look forward to your immediate response.

Sincerely Yours,

Dr. Ronney .C. Adams (PHD)(CA)(LLB)
Managing Director
Vault Investment And Consultancy Service
-International Investment Experts-
-With us your investment is safe-

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