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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: "raymond lee" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <raymondlee262@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 20 Nov 2015 20:30:26 -0200
Subject: READ AND REPLY


Sir,
I got your particulars through your country's chamber of commerce .

Two reputable men who made it to the Billionaire Middle East Rich List are

willing to fund projects, start-ups or on going projects. They will be

willing to inject from $1,000,000 up to $900,000,000 USD and more in

aviable project(import/export) .All investment funds to be processed in the

USA & any intending person must have a bank account in the USA

If you have a viable project that needs funding or you know who has such

projects, kindly Send us your business plan for further discussion,DETAILS

and possible funding. YOU ARE NOT SPENDING A CENT OF YOUR OWN UNTIL PROJECT

COMPLETED & CONDITIONS REACHED ON PROFIT MARGIN PERCENTAGE SHARING

Yours faithfully,
Raymond Lee

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