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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: "PETER" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <zaalp@outlook.com>
Date: Sat, 22 Apr 2017 09:56:35 -0700
Subject: Zaal

Dear Friend,

I am interested in establishing and operating a very viable business as a
means of investment abroad. I do not know too well on how this is done in
your country, so I will need you to help me in this regard.My preference is
any good profit yielding business and I would appreciate any viable ideas
you could come up with.

I will also need you to help me look for properties like homes and lands for
sale as I am proposing to invest the sum of Fifty Million United States
Dollars($50,000,000.0USD) for this. I do not know if you can and will be of
help to me.For a brief on my personality; my name is Peter Zaal .

i will give more details about me on receipt of your reply.

.
Your early reply will be highly appreciated.

Thank You!
Peter Z.
Reply to zaalp@outlook.com
pzaalp@gmail.com

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