419 scam: aj@fx.co.uk Hello I am Harrison

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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: aj@fx.co.uk
Reply-To: <harrisonwelsh55@yahoo.co.uk>
Date: Thu, 08 Aug 2013 16:05:21 -0700
Subject: Hello I am Harrison

Good Day,
Going through dossiers of personalities and properties in your
Country, I discretely selected you, I am Harrison Welsh a staff of
Investec Bank England, I am asking for your support to carry out this
business opportunity. One of my client got involved in a car crash with
his family few years ago and he has a huge amount of funds with our bank
Thirty Five Million Two Hundred Thousand Dollars ($35.2m). The banking
regulation in the UK demands that the fiscal authorities are notified
when accounts are dormant/funds are unclaimed for this period, so that
the funds can be called in by the regulatory bodies. The above set of
facts underscores my reason of writing and making the following
proposal.

Please i will want your involvement in this transaction to enable me
get the funds from his account and deposit it into your account. The
allocation of our money will be as follows: 40 percent to you for your
part in this, 60 percent for me. I guarantee that the transaction will
be executed under a legitimate arrangement that will protect us from any
breach of law.

what I am looking for is a trusted foreign partner that I can entrust
the fund in his care. Express your interest. This should be kept very
secret and confidential. Hope to hear from you soon.

Regards,

Harrison Welsh.

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