419 scam: "Martin Jones"<adamsryan555@gmail.com> Investment Proposal

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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:

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 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.
- richardkurt2016@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Martin Jones" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <richardkurt2016@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 10 Nov 2016 15:21:30 +0100
Subject: Investment Proposal

Good day,

I am making this contact from the Capital International Group, a leading Investment and Wealth Management Company here in the Isle of Man, United Kingdom.

I do have the mandate of a PRIVATE client of mine with delicate political background to seek for individuals with Financial Management know-hows to handle the investment and management of over US$900M without the mention of his name.

Ensuing from these funds, we are able to provide cash backed Bank Guarantees under Leased Finance for advanced stage projects requiring such support.

If you have fund management abilities, credible projects in need of funding or advanced stage projects requiring Bank Guarantees, we would be delighted to work with you.

Awaits your response to email : richardkurt2016@gmail.com

Sincerely,

Martin Jones

Chief Financial Officer

Capital International Group

(Isle of Man)

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