419 scam: Rene Carottki <ren.caroki8116@gmail.com> Send us feed back..if you have any interesting project.....

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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.
The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
- ",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)
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.

Fraud email example:

From: Rene Carottki <ren.caroki8116@gmail.com>
Reply-To: rcarottki@yahoo.co.za
Date: Sun, 6 Sep 2015 20:18:48 +0200
Subject: Send us feed back..if you have any interesting project.....

--
Your Attention; I write to invite you to the on-going investment
opportunities in our organization, We have a client who is searching
for good business-owners that have got lucrative projects/business
ideas, So he can expand his investments internationally.

Over the last (2) decades our organization, who are leading
international project financiers in the Leisure & Tourist industry,
have placed over 2Billion US dollars ($2,000,000,000.00) of
development capital in the form of equity and loans into an extremely
wide variety of projects including...
Amusement parks, Eco & Green projects, Golf courses, Hotels & Hotel
Resorts, Agriculture, Petroleum, Mining, Telecommunication,
Construction of Dams/Bridges, specialist Hospitals/Health Care
Infrastructures, Food & Beverages, Property Acquisition & Development,
Mass Transit System & Joint Investment Ventures etc.

My client has great interest to invest in worthy start ups with good
potentials. He is not concerned about the type of projects or the
location, rather his interest is to find a project that could make a
high return on investment.

His plan is to invest in a long term (maybe a period of 10 years) and
after that, he will withdraw his original capital and At the end of
every financial year, the both of you will be sharing the interest
generated per terms of condition reached.
I will appreciate your response If you're seeking funding for any
interesting project or business ideas.
Thanking You in Anticipation,
My Regards,
Rene Karottki.

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