419 scam: "Matthew Wright"<mrwri@live.com> Investment Manager Needed.

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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: "Matthew Wright" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <ouk2007@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 30 Jan 2010 08:09:25 -0800
Subject: Investment Manager Needed.

Attention Dear,
I am Mr.Mathew Wright, Portfolio Profile/Associate director of Zenith
International Fund, the World Largest Funds management with over 1.2 Trillion GBP
Capital Investment Funds.Nevertheless, as Zenith Associate Director, I handle
all our investors Direct Capital Funds and cautiously extract 3.2% Excess
Maximum Return Capital Profit (EMRCP) per annum on each of investor's Marginal
Capital Funds. As an expert, I have made over 49.8million GBP from the
investor's EMCRP and hereby looking for a trusted partner who can stand as an
investor to receive the funds as annual Investment Proceeds from
Zenith Marginal
Capital Funds. I will want us to invest this fund in any lucrative
investment in
your country under your supervision . At an equal capital share ratio for each
of us. this means that every profit that comes out of the investment will be
shared at the ratio of 50% for me and 50% for you.
please contact me as soon as possible to disclose your interest for
further details.

Sincerely,
Matthew Wright
Portfolio Profile/Associate Director
Scotland.

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