419 scam: Mr Francis Mark <microsoft@irost.ir> Investment Proposal

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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: Mr Francis Mark <microsoft@irost.ir>
Reply-To: Mr Francis Mark <fdiitex@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 30 Jun 2014 11:23:41 +0430 (IRDT)
Subject: Investment Proposal

Dear,

Greetings,

Since the last economic melt down, I have been preparing to re-profile my investments into some more secured and profitable sectors/industries in your country, so I decided to contact you after referrals from a related chamber of commerce portal there.If we can possibly work together on this, I will discuss more in details with you, as we could be looking at over 45,745 million usd as investment capital for new or existing projects you can introduce for this purpose.

Basically, the procedures will not involve any risk or legal implications, as the funds are from healthy sources and are saved securely in escrow account. All we need to do is to apply for the transfer of same, with you as the managing partner and with the evidence/profile of business projects we intend to use it for. (all other relevant official and legal documentations are in my possession.) Just let me know if you can assist with this and send me your direct telephone/mobile numbers and an ideal time I can call you, so we can commence proper discussions.
Lastly, it is important that you keep all our discussions and plans strictly confidential between you and I, for our business/personal security concerns, then send me your response.

Regards,
Mr. Francis Mark

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