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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: "barr_cecil@terra.es" <barr_cecil@terra.es>
Date: Fri, 25 Aug 2006 14:29:41 +0200 (MEST)
Subject: Partnership Proposal



Your Kind Attention:
{Partnership Proposal}

I am Mr. Cecil Kwashie Adadevoh an Attorney at Law; I am contacting you for a legitimate business proposal that will be of great benefit to you and me.

However my plan is to invest the sum of $26M Dollars in your country under partnership, as my plan to invest in your country will not be so successful without your assistance.

In view of this, I will also need your personal advice to know which lucrative business that will be suitable for such an amount of money.

If you are interested to proceed with me in this regard, kindly reply back with your Name and private telephone number for more details and private discussion on the execution of this project.

I look forward to your response.

Best Regards
Mr. Cecil Kwashie Adadevoh





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