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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: =?UTF-8?Q?LINK_INVESTMENT_SERVICES?= <duke.ale2010@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 7 Mar 2015 01:25:29 +0700
Subject: =?UTF-8?Q?LINK_INVESTMENT_OFFER=2e=2e=2e?=

Attn: Branch Manager

Dear Sir,

Irresistible Investment offer. Thank you for your email. Haven obtained your contact details from a reliable source as a potential partner. We are happy to introduce to you a woman with a Capital of 59.9 Million USD from Saudi Arabia searching for a good person to investment within your country. We are of the investment-brokering agent in your country and we offer irresistible service investment in your country. We are by this letter offering you an irresistible (Partnership), so as to allow us have you as our representative and manager of investment funds partnership in your country within the time frame of the investment relationship. Since, we cannot determine if this email is functional or valid and also your willingness, we have kept this proposal brief. We are in hope to share this irresistible offer with you based on a partnership investment program within your country. If you are interested in this partnership, please respond with your direct telephone and give us your full contact details plus your company profile if any, and in your response, we will send you an elaborate email details of this kind of offer. Your expedient response will be appreciated.

Thank you.

Santos Michael
EMAIL:linkinvestmentlink@outlook.com
santosmichaellink@live.com

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