419 scam: John Fisher <aazz22@msn.com> From John Fisher

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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.
This email lists mobile phone numbers. Use of such numbers is typical for scams because they allow criminals to conceal their true location. They can receive calls in an Internet cafe from where they send you emails, while pretending to be in some office.
- +447700088719

Fraud email example:

From: John Fisher <aazz22@msn.com>
Reply-To: <johnfisherwcx1@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 12 Dec 2011 15:30:16 +0000
Subject: From John Fisher

From
John Fisher

Fidelity
Investment UK

Oakhill
House

130
Tonbridge Road

Hildenborough
Tonbridge

Kent
TN11 9DZ

I
am Mr John Fisher; I work as the Fund Executive Manager with Fidelity
Investment UK, the world leading Investment & Fund Management Institution
based in UK/Channel Island.

I
have an investor under my portfolio with a closing balance of Forty Two
Million, Eight Hundred and Seventy Thousand Dollars ($42,870,000.00), as his
first initial deposit. This investor died three years ago leaving no WILL or
AUTHORIZATION for Re-transfer of his investment and its proceeds to the NEXT OF
KIN.I have personally carried out an investigation on the subject matter that
took me 12 months to finalize and was made to understand that the family or
relatives of the investor knows nothing about his investment with fidelity and
none have any records of all his deposits and investment with us, thereby
creating an avenue for claiming of the said funds with its accrued interest on
presentation of a trustworthy person that can stand as the NEXT OF KIN to the
deceased.

If
you are interested i can present you as the NEXT OF KIN with proper
documentation that will qualify you to have the funds claimed and on doing
this, our establishment will not question the release of the funds to you as i
will make sure that we comply with the banking laws and ethics of claiming the
investment in our establishment.

Our
sharing ratio will be 50:50.Please contact me for more details if interested.

Looking
forward to hearing from you shortly.

Sincerely.

Mr.
John Fisher.

Executive
Manager

+447700088719.

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