419 scam: "John Nelson"<generasiku@generasiku.org> INVESTMENT PROPOSAL! YOUR RESPONSE IS NEEDED

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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:
- "johnnelson95@outlook.com" (this email address has been used in a known scam)
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.

Fraud email example:

From: "John Nelson" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <johnnelson95@outlook.com>
Date: Mon, 16 Oct 2017 10:12:23 +0300
Subject: INVESTMENT PROPOSAL! YOUR RESPONSE IS NEEDED

Hello,
I represent an investor (Mrs. Victoria Paul) who has interest to place funds into any management for business investment in your country in the following sectors: oil & gas, banking, real estate, stock speculation and mining, transportation, health sector, communication services, agriculture/forestry & fishing etc.

If you have a solid background and idea of making good profit in any of the mentioned business sectors or any other business in your country, please reply back via this email address: {johnnelson95@outlook.com} in details specifying the area (s) that will be more profitable in your country so that the investor will carefully look into it before investing. More so, the investor is ready to facilitate and fund any business that is capable of generating 10% annual return on investment (ROI). Joint Venture partnership and hard loan funding can also be considered.

Yours sincerely,

Mr John Nelson

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