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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: Frank Allman <a21@HHDM.onmicrosoft.com>
Reply-To: <framkallman656@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 2 Jul 2014 05:37:34 -0600
Subject: Invesment Proposal

Dear Sir

My names Frank Allman, a Financial Consultants , I am in control of privately owned funds placed

for long term investments. We intend to invest these funds in projects in form of Loans.I am willing

to finance projects at a guaranteed 5% ROI per annul for projects ranging from 2yrs term and above

but not exceeding 12yrs. The funds under my custody can finance projects between $1-500 Million USD,

but cannot exceed $50 million in a single tranche.Please revert with your response if you have a

project that is viable enough for investments. Kindly inform me and send your direct contact

telephone number, Email Address, fax ,full names and company details.I will give you further details

once i receive your positive response. Below is the email address you can reach us,

Best Regards,

Financial Consultants
Frank Allman
Email- { framkallman656@gmail.com }

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