419 scam: "martin wilkinson"<mariaeduarda@cpgnet.com.br> read now

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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: "martin wilkinson" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <rh111rh@outlook.com>
Date: Sun, 4 Jun 2017 10:15:33 -0700
Subject: read now

Dear Sir,

I am Mr Hassan Rahdi a consultant based in Libya but presently in UK. My client want to invest some funds in the amount of $320m out of Libya and I want to ask you to help me look for an experienced person who can assist to invest the money in your country in areas related to food processing factory, Oil& Gas, energy sector, Construction,manufacturing,
Aviation, Agriculture, Telecommunication and Real Estate or building a Tourist Hotel/shopping Mall in your country, I am sorry if this is not in line with your business.

I need an experienced person to assist me to set up develop the project and assume responsibility of ownership as chairman but will be bringing in profit/distribute profit monthly or annually.

It is my intention to meet with you to sign a binding agreement and thereafter you invest the money in your country and supervise the total investment over there and proceeds will be shared 50/50.

If interested, please write me back so that i can give you further details.

Regards,
Hassan

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