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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: Rufus Young <rufusyoung01@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 1 Oct 2014 18:46:14 +0100
Subject: RE: PARTNERSHIP INVESTMENT INQUIRY


RE: PARTNERSHIP INVESTMENT INQUIRY

Dear friend, greetings. I am Mr. Rufus Young from UK. I am writing to
explain my interest to invest my funds with you in your country. I got your
contact from your country's online page and after inquiries at your high
commission here, I decided to contact you as recommended. I was made aware
of your country’s political stability,investment opportunities, secure
economic and financial policies, dependable investment infrastructures,
stable and buoyant economy and above all, the hospitality of your people.
Although we have not met before, but I trust that you are an experienced,
reliable, hardworking and trustworthy person with high standard of honesty
and integrity. I know that trust, as a foundation for business, is earned
and not given away lightly, it is also true that almost all international
transactions are done on mutual trust, faith and understanding. I am
contacting you for genuine business partnership that would benefit both of
us, and certainly not just a hoax that exist on internet.

I want to invest in legal, profitable and low risk business that is capable
of generating at least 10% annual return on investment (ROI). I would want
you to guide me and recommend areas where we can invest and I will have you
as my partner, representative and manager and it is going to be a joint
business between both of us after we reach a mutual agreement. I want to
know if we can invest some money into your own establishment if the
security of my fund can be guaranteed and if you allow foreign direct
investment. Please note that I would want absolute confidentiality in the
handling and management of the funds and subsequent one. My target areas
are real estate,agriculture, tourism or schools but I will need your
advice. I am offering you 4% of the total investment funds for your honest
and sincere participation, co-operation and as management commission and I
know it will be enough to ensure your total commitment for us to achieve
maximum success. I also want to relocate to your country with my family
soon and I want you to help me in finding a good home where my family and I
will live in. I am ready to invest in long term, the sum of
(GBP£5.500,000,00) Fix million Five hundred thousand British Pounds
Sterling with you immediately into areas that you would recommend and I
want to know if you can manage the funds profitably.

If you believe we can work together, let me please know your thinking
immediately, your interest to partner with me, your questions and your
condition for this discretionary asset management project so that I can
provide relevant details and how we can proceed to have a fruitful
business relationship. Let me also know if it is possible to get the money
back in the next 8-10 years while the investment is in progress. My contact
email is rufusyoung01@gmail.com, rufusyoung01@hotmail.com tel:
+447031985960, +447031931645. Kind regards.

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