419 scam: "FRANCIS MARK"<test@somadeviangkor.com> Partnership Investment

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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!

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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.
- francismarkinfo@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "FRANCIS MARK" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <Francismarkinfo@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 28 Apr 2015 23:14:51 +0100
Subject: Partnership Investment

Hello Dear,

Greetings,

Since the fall of Oil prices on the world oil market, 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 for assistance.If we can possibly work together on this, we will
be looking at over ($9.5 million) as investment capital for new or
existing projects you can introduce for this purpose.

Most importantly, the procedures will not involve any risk or legal
implications, as the funds are from healthy sources and are saved
securely in an escrow account. All we need to do is to apply for the
transfer of same, with you as a partner and with the profile of
business projects we intend to use it for. Just let me know if you can
assist with this and send me your direct telephone numbers and
personal email address for more 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.

Best Regards,

Mr. Francis Mark
Email: Francismarkinfo@gmail.com

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