419 scam: "Margarita Borisovich"<Margarita.B@secretary.org> INVESTMENT PROPOSAL

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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:
- "million pounds" (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)
- ",000,000" (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)
- "confidential business" (scammers urge victims to keep the transaction secret because they don't want anyone to point out to them that it is a scam)
- "very confidential" (scammers urge victims to keep the transaction secret because they don't want anyone to point out to them that it is a scam)
- "here in united kingdom" (this email uses bad English)
- "margarita.b@secretary.net" (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: "Margarita Borisovich" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <Margarita.B@secretary.net>
Date: Sat, 24 Jan 2015 01:08:46 +0100
Subject: INVESTMENT PROPOSAL

Hello Dear,

I know this e-mail will be of so surprised to you, Well let me start by introducing my self to you. I am Margarita Borisovich senior secretary working with Mobility Oil And Gas Company London United Kingdom.

Please kindly view our company website below:

Website: www.mobilityoilandgas.com

During my search, i discovered your company and decided to contact you for a very urgent and confidential business which i would like to work with you. During our sales early this month, I over invoiced the sum of (GBP ?22,000,000.00) Twenty-Two Million Pounds from the total sale of oil and diverted the money in an open beneficiary account with a finance bank here in Europe and now currently in there care.

Please my purpose of contacting you is to seek for your assistant to invest this total sum in your company as investment fund, while we discuss on the percentage per annum which will be the interest Yearly.

It is my hope that you will help me to invest this total sum in your company to avoid any traces of this fund. I don't want to invest this fund my self here in United Kingdom because of my position here in the company and to avoid putting my self into problem or questions.

Please get back to me in your advice to move this forward, thank you for your time and understanding.

Please remember this is very confidential.

My Private E-mail: Margarita.B@secretary.net

Yours Faithfully
Margarita Borisovich

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