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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:

Fraud email example:

From: "Mr. John Alexander Finn" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <jfinn@financier.com>
Date: Fri, 7 Dec 2012 00:37:55 +0100
Subject: PARTNERSHIP BUSINESS OPPORUNITY

Dear Friend, 6th December 2012

Compliments of the Season

My name is Mr. JOHN A. FINN, Fund Manager, Hemscott Group Limited, the World Largest Funds management with over 1.2 Trillion GB Pounds Capital Investment Funds. Nevertheless, as Hemscott Group Limited Fund Manager, I handle all our investors Direct Capital Funds and secretly extracted 1.2% Excess Maximum Return Capital Profit (EMRCP) per annul on each of investor's Magellan Capital Funds. As an expert, I have made over 3.8million GB Pounds 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 Hemscott 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 60 - 40 while expenses shall be incurred as per each capability during the process of transaction. Should in case you are interested;
please email me at jfinn@financier.com a brief profile of yourself, direct phone number and your company for discussion of this deal in further details.


Sincerely,

John A. Finn
Fund Manager
Hemscott Group Limited
London, England
www.hemscott.co

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