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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: "Mr Micheal Studd" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <studdconsults101@LIVE.COM>
Date: Wed, 17 Oct 2012 21:34:55 -0500
Subject: RE-WATER PROJECT

Dear
Greetings to you from SYLIK ZENDORCK INVESTMENT

GROUP and we are happy talking to you last week on the phone.

We have received your mail and are quite impressed. I have the full

confidence that you will be able to handle the project of that

magnitude. We are ready to partner and invest with you in this area

of water refining sector, after going through your mail. I am highly

impressed. Investing in this kind of business is quite an expensive

matter but the returns are quite high and rewarding.


We will now set aside a minimum capital of US$2,000,000

specifically for these project. However, I would like you to prepare a

typical feasibility study of the proposed project.

We are SYLIK ZENDORCK, we are into properties and real estate

including oil and gas , but ready to invest our fund with you in

this great project. I see you as a great and reputable man of integrity

I am impressed with your mail and the explanation of the project

and believe we can count on you in this project.

Meanwhile,we will inform our legal adviser about the project we are

embarking on so as soon as we come to a compromise he will prepare

an international agreement paper between us that will bind us

together before any other things. Now, I am in UK in one of our

branches for a meeting and also inspection of the company. I would

have loved to meet with you but right now my schedule is very tight

but as soon as we come to a compromise, I will make arrangement

on how to visit you. I really found all you sent across very

interesting . I really appreciate your appetite for greatness.please do

get back to enable us proceed

Thank you
Micheal Studd
SYLIK ZENDORCK
www.sylikzendorckinvestment.com
+44743296014

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