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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:
- "hundred thousand united states dollars" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
- "00,000.00" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
- This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
Fraud email example:
From: Martin Hudson <ft6354825@gmail.com>
Reply-To: martinhudson259@gmail.com
Date: Sat, 28 May 2022 19:14:45 +0100
Subject: Hello
Dear Future Partner
I am sorry to have intruded into your privacy and I know you will be
surprised by my letter.
I got your contact as I was going through the internet and I was led by the
spirit of God to contact you for this venture.
I am Martin Hudson one of The fund managers of The Mercantile Investment
Trust plc.a group of JP Morgan INVESTMENT INTERNATIONAL. I handle all
Investors within my
management portfolio Direct Capital Funds (there investment funds).
As a routine every investor gets the percentage profit or dividend from the
total cash he or she invested into the company annually..Last year it was
announced that
the profit margin was 18.9% after calculating carefully I found out that
the profit margin was 20.1% that is an excess of 1.2% on each investor so I
secretly extracted
1.2% Excess Maximum Return Capital Profit (EMRCP) per annul on each of the
Investor's Marginal Capital Fund and created a separate account where the
total sum of the
extraction was kept As an expert, the account has a valued for
$35,800,000.00.pounds (Thirty Five Million,Eight Hundred Thousand United
States Dollars)
I am looking for someone who I can trust to stand as an Investor to receive
the fund as Annual Investment Proceeds from The Mercantile Investment Trust
plc. All
documents to back up will be made available to you.
Meanwhile, I have worked out the modalities 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. If you are interested, let me know.
Martin Hudson.
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