419 scam: "Mrs Claudio Dino"<info@townbox.com> RE: Capital Investment and Management Placement.

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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: "Mrs Claudio Dino" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <mrs.claudiodino@yahoo.com.ph>
Date: Mon, 1 Jan 2018 11:48:04 +0100
Subject: RE: Capital Investment and Management Placement.

Dear Prospective Partner,

RE: Capital Investment and Management Placement.

We facilitating for a private investor who want to invest his financial estate in long-term business venture in your country/company under your supervision.

You will be required to:

[1]. Receive the funds. [2]. Invest and Manage the funds profitably.

The amount available for the investment is over One Hundred Million US. The funds will be paid out from our bank branch;

We expect to hear from you urgently as this is a high priority Investment Placement and kindly send the following information to enhance communication;

[1]. Full Names and Address [2]. Company Name and Address [3]. Telephone, Fax and Cell phone numbers.

We are looking forward to your swift response to this mail.

Mrs Claudio Dino

Phone:(213)802-4673 Sms only

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