419 scam: "Mr. William Huang"<Japanjbkoy@themis.ocn.ne.jp> re:We are a financial services and advisory company established in Spain.

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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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This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.

Fraud email example:

From: "Mr. William Huang" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <shingfungfinanltd@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 31 Mar 2017 21:56:13 +0100
Subject: re:We are a financial services and advisory company established in Spain.

Sir

We are a financial services and advisory company established in Spain. Acacia Investments B.S.C. is a private limited firm made up and funded by indigenous investors and lenders as its shareholders across the world.

Due to the new investment policies in United States, many investors basically from Mexico and Gulf region does not have the confident to retail their investments in the United States.

My client (Who I will introduce at the right time) has a large sum of money for investment seeking to invest in Italy as Italy has been stated as one of the stable Economy in Europe.

Due to this we seek for an oriented institution/individual in Italy with track record of successful investments to hand over this fund to, for investment because of the prevailing circumstance where funds kept in foreign banks are not safe. My client seeks to realize sustainable superior returns based on long-term investment strategies built on diversification of investments and optimizing risk management by careful selection of investment opportunities. My client is ready to fund solely or be a part of any project/business that is capable of generating at least 10% annual return on investment (AROI).

However, upon successful exercise, you will keep 40% of the ROI, 10% will be cover all expenses while the 50% will be for my client. Further information will be given to you upon acceptance.

We are open to having a good business relationship with you. If you think you have a qualified background, please do not hesitate to contact us for possible business co-operation.

Best Regards,
Mr. William Huang

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