419 scam: "MR. JOHN COLEMAN" <johncoleman@live.com> URGENT NOTIFICATION

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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 free webmail addresses. Use of such addresses is typical for scams. Lotteries, banks and any but the smallest of companies do not normally use such addresses. Criminals use them to anonymously send and receive email at Internet cafes.
- johncoleman21@hotmail.com (Hotmail; can be used from anywhere worldwide)

Fraud email example:

From: "MR. JOHN COLEMAN" <johncoleman@live.com>
Reply-To: johncoleman21@hotmail.com
Date: Mon, 22 Mar 2010 04:59:22 +0000
Subject: URGENT NOTIFICATION

Hello

I am Mr. John Coleman , Funds control manager of Fidelity Investment
International, one of the world's largest fund management company with over
£1.2 Trillion capital investment funds. Nevertheless, as funds control manager
of Fidelity Investment International, I handle all our investor's direct
capital funds and secretly extracted 1.2% Excess Maximum Return Capital Profit
(EMRCP) per annul on each of the investor's marginal capital funds. As an
expert, I have made over £136, 745, 000, 00 from the Investor's EMRCP and
hereby looking for someone to trust who will stand as an investor to receive
the fund as Annual Investment Proceeds from fidelity marginal capital funds.
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. The
funds will be transferred into your account bit by bit without any problem.
Also note that no fee is required of you.

Our sharing ratio will be 60-40. If you are interested, you should furnish me
with your names in full, your contact address and your direct phone number so
we could discuss more on telephone as regard the transaction. N:B; Please all
correspondence must be through my private telephone and E-mail, for more
contact: johncoleman@live.com.my
I am currently in Malaysia and i can only be reached on the number bellow.
Phone:+60-146331289
Please be rest assured that you privacy/ security is Guarantied.
For more information about how the investment work kindly contact our website:
fidelity-international.com, Your registration as an investor most not come
through me. You are free to contact the website, and find any fidelity office
near you.
this transaction is absolute legal and 100% risk free.

Thanks,

Yours Sincerely,
John Coleman`
E-mail: johncoleman21@hotmail.com
Mobile: +60-146331289
Web-site: fidelity-international.com

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