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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: (sent from abused email account)
Date: Thu, 20 Nov 2008 10:10:03 +0000 (GMT)
Subject: can you be my partner.



Dear,
Honestly i actually want to invest in your country and wanted someone who is very reliable and trustwordy that can be of good help to me in terms of investment abroad.
However i want to let you know that i am a cevil service working with ministery of works  as  the accountant of my firm and some amount of money has been designated for road construction and this project will last for at least 8 years,so  i want a very lucrative business that i can invest in, so that before 7 years i could be able to pay back the money i might have set aside for investment,please educate me more on how we can invest for a start with 4 million usd,and let me know how possible it is for us to be business partners. 
 
Thanks for your anticipated response.
Mr Prince Ihe.



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