419 scam: Swansea Paul <cmjenson@gdoe.net> INVESTMENT PARTNERSHIP

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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.
The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
- "million pounds" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
- ",000,000" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
- "00,000.00" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
- "is 100% risk free" (almost true for the criminal trying to scam you - arrests of online criminals are rare)
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.
- swanseapaul228@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: Swansea Paul <cmjenson@gdoe.net>
Reply-To: swanseapaul228@gmail.com
Date: Mon, 10 Nov 2014 19:56:17 +0100
Subject: INVESTMENT PARTNERSHIP

From: Dr. Swansea Paul
Esso UK Limited,
registered in England under company number 1589650,
ExxonMobil House
Ermyn Way Leatherhead
Surrey, KT22 8UX .
Email: swanseapaul228@gmail.com

I am Dr. Swansea Paul an Engineer with Exxon Mobil in London
http://www.exxonmobil.co.uk). I got your contact address from an
associate working with the British Export Promotion Council. Before i
continue, let me stress that I am NOT contacting you for financial
assistance.

I and my colleagues are officials in charge of offshore remittance in
this establishment. We are seeking your assistance to move of [GBP
Â£35,000,000.00] THIRTY FIVE MILLION POUNDS STERLING] to your
account/country for further private investment.

Please note that the nature of your job/business does not matter and
you will be better informed when I hear from you. This amount accrued
from an over-invoiced contract amount for the construction of an Oil
Refinery Sub-stations in east London in 2005 to expatriate companies.
The contract was originally valued for One Hundred and Twenty Seven
Million Pounds Sterling (Â£127,000,000.00), but we manipulated the
figure to read One Hundred and Sixty Million Pounds Sterling
(Â£162,000,000.00). The extra Â£35,000,000.00 is what we want to move to
your account for our own personal use.

This contract has been completely executed and the original
contractors have been paid their entire contract sum. We have agreed
to remunerate you with 30% because it is impossible for us to claim
the amount here in London without foreign collaboration. 10% has been
mapped out for any miscellaneous expenses incurred by either party
during this business such as taxation in your country upon arrival of
the funds into your account, and 60% for my colleagues and myself.

All modalities to move this money have been worked out. This
transaction is 100% risk free but requires 100 percent
confidentiality. This is a golden opportunity, which must not be
allowed to slip out of any careless acts and utterances. We chose you
for this transaction because we believe that good friendship can be
discovered and businesses such as this cannot be realized without
trust. You can be rest assured that your security has been considered
before you were contacted.

I will let you have the details in my next message, but in summary,
the fund would be moved to you from the financial institution where it
is presently deposited as soon as you agree to participate and receive
this funds on our behalf.

Upon the receipt of this message, feel free to send to me the
following to enable us start the process:

(1) Your Full Name

(2) Complete Address

(3) Telephone

(4) Profession

Thanks and best regards in anticipation of your response.

Best Regards,

Dr. Swansea Paul

Email: swanseapaul228@gmail.com

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