419 scam: Hon Check Morich <axxxgxxx@yahoo.com> Investment Profits Reply Urgent

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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: Hon Check Morich <axxxgxxx@yahoo.com>
Reply-To: honcheckmorich@yahoo.com
Date: Tue, 15 May 2012 08:17:39 -0500
Subject: Investment Profits Reply Urgent

Hello,

Complement of the season, I am Hon Check Morich, the Director General Project
and procurement Revenue Government in London. I saw your website and
it pleases
me to do business with you if you can protect my interest.

As Director General project, I handle all our Direct Capital Funds and
secretly
extract 1.5% Excess Maximum Return Capital Profit (EMRCP) per annum on each of
the general project Capital Funds. As an expert, I have made over 15.6 Million
Pound from the Projects EMRCP and I am hereby looking for someone to trust who
will stand as beneficiary to receive the funds as Annual Investment Proceeds.

All confirmable documents to back up the claims will be made available to you
prior upon your acceptance.

Our sharing ratio should be 60% for me 40% for you.

If you are interested, contact me without delay.

My Regards.

Hon Check Morich

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