419 scam: "Sir. Micheal Rake" <btgroupplc12@att.net> Investment Beneficiary 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:

An email address listed inside this email has been used in a known fraud before.
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:
- "dear friend" (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.
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.
- btgrouppplc@aol.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Sir. Micheal Rake" <btgroupplc12@att.net>
Reply-To: <btgrouppplc@aol.com>
Date: Mon, 28 Feb 2011 18:33:26 -0800
Subject: Investment Beneficiary Needed

Attention Dear Friend,
I am Sir. Micheal Rake, Chairman, BT Group P.L.C., and the World Largest Funds
management with over 1.2 Trillion GBP Capital Investment Funds. Nevertheless, as
BT Group P.L.C Chairman, I handle all our investors Direct Capital Funds and
secretly extract 3.2% Excess Maximum Return Capital Profit (EMRCP) per annul on
each of investor's Magellan Capital Funds. As an expert, I have made over
49.8million GBP from the investors EMCRP and here by looking for someone to
trust who can stand as an investor to receive the funds as annual Investment
Proceeds from BT- Group Magellan Capital Funds. All confirmable documents to
back up this claim will be made available to you prior to your acceptance.

Meanwhile, I have worked out the strategies and technicalities where the funds
can be claimed in any of our 6 clearing houses without any hitch. Our sharing
ratio will be 50-50 while expenses Shall be incurred as per each capability
during the process of transaction. Should in case you are interested; please
email me your direct telephone number for discussion of this deal in further
details. Please kindly reply to this email below
btgrouppplc@aol.com

Sincerely,

Sir. Michael Rake
Chairman
btgrouppplc@aol.com
BT Group PLC
London, England

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