419 scam: Matthew wright <matthewinfo001@yahoo.co.uk> investment business

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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:
- ",500,000" (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)
- "top secret" (scammers urge victims to keep the transaction secret because they don't want anyone to point out to them that it is a scam)
- "a reliable and reputable person to handle this" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.

Fraud email example:

From: Matthew wright <matthewinfo001@yahoo.co.uk>
Reply-To: matthewwright.007@msn.com
Date: Tue, 31 Aug 2010 21:39:01 +0000 (GMT)
Subject: investment business

Greetings,

I hope this may not constitute sort of embarrassment to you.first I must solicit your confidence in this transaction, this is by virtue of its nature as being utterly confidential and top secret. But I am assuring you that all will be well at the end of the day. I have decided to contact you due to the urgency of this transaction, as I wish to rely on your discreteness and ability in transaction of this nature.

I have a widow client who wishes to move £25,500,000,00 into property and school business investment oversea,charity investment,she has instructed me to locate a trustworthy partner who would act as her fund investment manager oversea. She is critically ill and cannot handle the project herself. Let me start by introduce my self properly to you, My name is Mr. Matthew Wright, I work as the Head of Fund Manager with Fidelity Investment UK, the World Leading Investment & Fund Management Institution based in UK/Channel Island.I came to know you in my Private Search for a reliable and reputable person to handle this Confidential Transaction.

If you are interested, I can present you as the INHERITOR 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 laid down rules and laws of claiming the Investment of a deceased Investor in our Establishment.Our sharing ratio will be 50:50.Please contacted me for more detail breakdown if interested.

Looking forward to hearing from you shortly.
Sincerely.

Mr. Matthew Wrigh
www.fidelityinternational.com

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