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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:

Fraud email example:

From: BARRISTER GUILIAUME <pascal_consultant@zwallet.com>
Reply-To: barristerpascal@zwallet.com
Date: Thu, 12 Jan 2006 06:20:33 +0100
Subject: RE: INVESTMENT REQUEST



MR. PASCAL GUILIAUME
CORSO VITTORIO EMANUELE 11. N° 234/237
TORINO ITALY.
2006/12/01

Dear Sir/Madam,
Please do not be surprised on receiving this email. Though we might not have
a personal relationship or have met each other, we could work together on
this project I am about to introduce to you. First I would like to introduce
myself. My name is GUILIAUME PASCAL (Barrister) I am a financial consultant based in Turin Italy. I have a client ( A widow) from Zimbabwe and she has Four Million Five Hundred Thousand United States Dollars only (USDM4.500,000.00) with a private security company for safekeeping in ITALY she had indicated her interest to invest on properties in your country This is her choice country and hence my contacting you. Her interest is in properties in choice areas with potentials for rapid growth in long terms. My client is interested in placing part of her fund in you/your company, if your country' bi-laws allows foreign investment. And she is willing to offer you 15% of the total fund if you can assist her transfer this fund to your country or any bank of your wish. You can contact me for more details via phone , fax or the above indicated Email: barristerpascal@libero.it with your reference for more details.
Yours faithfully,
MR. PASCAL GUILAUME
NB: The fund is free from drug and laundering related
offences and this transaction need utmost confidentiality.

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