419 scam: Anthony Douglas <frankarlasky677@yahoo.com> INVESTMENT

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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.
Barristers (lawyers) mentioned in 419 scams are always fake.

Fraud email example:

From: Anthony Douglas <frankarlasky677@yahoo.com>
Reply-To: anthonydouglaslawfirm2000@gmail.com
Date: Fri, 28 Aug 2020 06:19:09 +0000 (UTC)
Subject: INVESTMENT

Hello Sir ,

I will make my email very concise as to prevent failure delivery this
time. My name is Anthony Douglas, a legal practitioner with the law firm
here in Malaysia (ROSIDI HASSAN & CO.)

I will need your assistance to invest the fund of a late client of mine
Mr. Najid Bin Abdul Mohammad who was the owner of a defunct energy, oil
and gas company (Envech Engineering). My late client wife Mrs. Mahreen
Mohammad needs my assistance to securely invest the fund domiciled in a
bank here.

I need your service to have you as the investment manager so that you can
receive and invest properly the fund in any desirable investment area that
you desire conducive as there is a need to invest the fund now.

We still have a lot to discuss but before then, there are few things I
will like to know from you. I will like to know the area of investment
that interests you. Hence the fund we are investing is more than USD20M, I
will like to know if the proposed investment area is capable of
accommodating the whole amount with minimum risk.
Also, I will like to know your estimated return on investment in those areas.

I will appreciate your reply to include answers to some of the questions
asked above.

I wait to hear soon from you.

Regards,
Anthony Douglas ESQ

ROSIDI HASSAN & CO
NO. 33, Tingkat Atas
Taman Keroyang Impian,
28380, Sarawak Malaysia

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