419 scam: "George. Henskey." <georgehenskey255@msn.com> My Request.

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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:
- "million british 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)
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.
- georgehenskey@yahoo.com.hk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "George. Henskey." <georgehenskey255@msn.com>
Reply-To: <georgehenskey@yahoo.com.hk>
Date: Mon, 30 Jan 2012 16:04:12 +0000
Subject: My Request.

>From Standard Life International
South Quay Plaza
183 Marsh Wall
London,E14 9SR
Head of Investments.

Investment with S. L. International.

I send you greetings; it is my wish to do business with you, immediately you receive this mail. First of all I will like to introduce myself to you, My Name is Mr.George Henskey, I presently work as the Executive Director of this company, Standard Life International. Standard Life International is a business consulting firm, offering business advisory services worldwide. We are not a very big company but we have recently been confronted with the task of investing funds exceeding our capacity and have decided to seek partners to cooperate with us in investing the available fund because we have never done business of this magnitude or such large sum.
We received an investment venture on behalf of a client of our firm, this venture will involve the investment of Thirty Five Million British Pounds (35,000,000.00 GBP). We are by this letter considering entering into a partnership with you so as to allow us invest the available funds in your country and to appoint you as representative and co-manager of the investment. We are ready to give you a commission of 30% of the available capital as soon as the proposed partnership between us is accepted. Since we cannot determine if this your email address is still functional and also your willingness to cooperate with us, we have to keep this proposal brief. If your company is interested in this investment offer, please respond immediately to enable us give you further information about it. I assume that it is necessary you contact me back with your application, if your company is willing to partner with us or ready to assist us over this investment of the fund.

Your Application as follows;

Your Name
Your Position.
Your Company Name
Your Country
Your Home/Office Mobile Number

Your immediate response will be appreciated as we look forward to hearing from you soon. Please send all email correspondence to my personal e-mail address as follows:(georgehenskey@yahoo.com.hk) for further details on how we can carry on this investment proposal in your country successfully.

Best Regards
MrGeorge Henskey.
Exercutive Director

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