419 scam: George Allen <info@ea-leather.com> From: George

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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: George Allen <info@ea-leather.com>
Reply-To: george.allen@accountant.com
Date: Thu, 05 May 2016 23:53:30 +0100
Subject: From: George

--
Hello Partner:
Am George Allen,fund manager Fidelity Investment International.The World
Largest Funds Management Company with over $1.2Trillion Capital
Investment
Fund. Nevertheless, as Fidelity fund manager, I handle all our
Investor's
Direct Capital Fund and secretly extract 1.2% Excess Maximum Return
Capital
Profit (EMRCP) per annum on each of the Investor's Magellan Capital
Fund.As
an expert,I have made over $162m from the Investor's EMRCP 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 documents to back up the claims will be made available to you prior
to
your acceptance, As a staff with the company it's difficult for me to
make
entry as an investor to claim the funds, It will be suspicious &
subsequently cost my job with the company. The condition made me seek
for
your partnership.Meanwhile,I have worked out the strategies and
technicalities whereby the funds can be claimed in any of our 6 Clearing
Houses without any hitches.Our sharing ratio will be 50-50 while 0.5%
will
be for expenses during the course of the transaction. if you are
interested,send me your direct telephone number for discussion of this
transaction in further details.

Regards,
George.

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