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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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Fraud email example:

From: "Keith Carr" <admin@aeromarlogistics.com>
Reply-To: keith.usmholdings@yahoo.co.uk
Date: Thu, 15 May 2014 21:22:06 +0900
Subject: Re:HELLO




USM holdings,
Office 2, Greswolde
House,197 Station
Road Knowle
Solihull,West
Midlands B93 OPU,
United Kingdom.


Dear Sir/Ma,
I am Keith Carr, a staff of USM Holdings Limited, and it is a diversified,
international company with significant interests across the metals and
mining, telecoms, construction and media sectors. It was established in
2012 to consolidate the various investments and holdings of Alisher
Usmanov, Russian steel and mining magnate.I advised him several times to
spread his investment to farther especially in places like Mexico,
Venezuela, Belize, Jakarta, Japan, Korea, Australia with good population
for fast business expansion but he declined my advise .

I am presently the Regional manager of USM holding limited and my office
is housed on the above address in the United Kingdom. As the Regional
Manager, I have personally grown and increased the company's net worth to
£12.3Billion GBPS in 2012. As a Regional Manager I am financially aware
and I have taken control of the key accounts for the hubs and branches of
my region. And because of my technical-know-how and versatility in
business expansion, I projected the Venezuela, Belize, Mexico, Jakarta,
Japan, Korea as good business ground where foreign investors are welcomed
to invest their funds and expect to make more than enough profit in the
nearest future.

My proposal is to step down on my position as a staff of USM holdings so
I can invest in a fast money spinning venture in those locations I
mentioned above, since Alisher Usmanov refused to yield to my advise.

I am sending you this message to make you a partner in helping me set up
a business of my own with a nest egg bond of £15MILLION(fifteen million
Great British pounds sterling) that I have some where in Grand Cayman
which cannot be traced to my name or the USM holdings Limited for a master
plan investment of my own.

I will appreciate a prompt response as soon as you receive this message to
indicate if you are interested in my joint business proposal and state
clearly the area of business investment plan you feeI I should venture
into in your own area of speciality . Send me your response via this email
address :


Yours sincerely,
Mr Keith Carr,
Regional Manager.
07596872527.
© USM Holdings 2014.

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