419 scam: MicroCred <alessia.fontanone@alice.it> OFFRE DE FINANCEMENT POUR TOUS VOS PROJETS

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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.
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.
- directionmicrocred@yahoo.fr (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: MicroCred <alessia.fontanone@alice.it>
Reply-To: directionmicrocred@yahoo.fr
Date: Wed, 26 Dec 2012 12:29:51 +0100 (CET)
Subject: OFFRE DE FINANCEMENT POUR TOUS VOS PROJETS

Bonjour Mr/Mme
Nous vous envoyons ce message pour vous prÃ©sentez nos services.
MicroCred est une sociÃ©tÃ© franÃ§aise d'investissement qui a pour
but de crÃ©er et de dÃ©velopper un groupe d'institutions de microfinance
servant aux clients exclus du systÃ¨me financier traditionnel, de faire
de microcrÃ©dit aux ONG, aux Ã‰coles, aux entrepreneurs,aux sociÃ©tÃ©s,
aux petites entreprises,aux jeunes diplÃ´mÃ©s,aux commerÃ§ants ....etc.
MicroCred intervient en investissant dans des sociÃ©tÃ©s ou des banques
de microfinance et en fournissant toute l'assistance technique
nÃ©cessaire Ã ces sociÃ©tÃ©s ou personnalitÃ©s pour devenir des
institutions de microfinance leaders dans leur pays.
Les jeunes diplÃ´mÃ©s Sont Ã©galement les bienvenus au sein de notre
service.Nous avons nos reprÃ©sentants un peu partout dans le monde entier.
Alors nous prions tous ceux qui sont intÃ©ressÃ©s Ã notre Offre de financement
d'Ã©crire a notre Direction Officielle e par mail : directionmicrocred@yahoo.fr
pour avoir plus d'informations sur notre financement.
Franche collaboration

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