419 scam: "Mr. Leon Jones." <jamesejikeme@gmail.com> RE:Please contact me for more details if interested.

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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:
- "dear friend" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.

Fraud email example:

From: "Mr. Leon Jones." <jamesejikeme@gmail.com>
Reply-To: leonjones9090@inbox.lv
Date: Thu, 28 Dec 2017 02:40:57 -0800
Subject: RE:Please contact me for more details if interested.

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Fidelity International
Oakhill House
130 Tonbridge Road
Hildenborough Tonbridge
Kent TN11 9DZ

Dear Friend,

I am Leon Jones, I work as a Fund Executive Manager with Fidelity
Investment UK, the world leading Investment & Fund Management
Institution based in UK/Channel Island.I have an investor under my
portfolio with a closing balance of Â£ 25.745,000.00 as his first
initial deposit.

This investor died Nine years ago leaving no WILL or AUTHORIZATION for
Re- transfer of his investment and its proceeds to the INHERITOR. I
have personally

carried out an investigation on the subject matter that took me 12
months to finalize and was made to understand that the family or
relatives of the

investor knows nothing about his investment with fidelity and none
have any records of all his deposits and investment with us, there by
creating an avenue

for claiming of the said funds with its accrued interest on
presentation of a trustworthy person that can stand as the INHERITOR
to the deceased.

If you are interested i can present you as the INHERITOR with proper
documentation that will qualify you to have the funds claimed and on
doing this,our

establishment will not question the release of the funds to you as i
will make sure that we comply with the banking laws and ethics of
claiming the investment

in our establishment.

Our sharing ratio will be 50%/50%. Please contact me for more details
if interested.

Looking forward to hearing from you shortly.

Sincerely,

Leon Jones.

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