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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:
- This email uses a separate reply address that is different from the sender address. Spammers use this to get replies even when the original spam sending accounts have been shut down. Also, sometimes the sender addresses are legitimate looking but fake and only the reply address is actually an email account controlled by the scammers.
- This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
Fraud email example:
From: "James mokenna" <memail@express.com>
Reply-To: jamesmokenna01@gmail.com
Date: Mon, 23 Oct 2017 16:28:53 -0700
Subject: Good Day:
My client is interested on JV partnership with you acting as
the manager and sole controller of the investment while he remains a silent investor for a
period of five years.
The amount involve is USD700 Million. The owner of this fund
Mr. Jose Flomeno de Sousa dos Santos ( first son of Angolan president born 1977 )
and In this project he wish to remain a silent investor/partner for a period of five years (5) and he does not want Angolan
government to know that he is investing outside his country.
To proceed, please provide me with a workable business/project plan, amount you required for funding and
the following details, to enable us study it before we take further decision. As a silent investor he do not want his
government to know that he is investing outside his country please
1-Introduction and description of your company.
2-Your Full name 1.2-Your Home/Office address 1.3-Your phone/mobile numbers
3-The Type of business that you are running and sector of activities 4-The exact amount you require for
he stated/intended projects.
5-Investment of concern. Please specify the sector of investment of your Interest:
indicate if you have more than 1 choice in mind).
6-Budget and volume of investment projected by your company. Please specify the volume budget
that you require for this investment in Dollars currency.
7-Net profit requested. Please specify the expected net profit that your company is
expecting from this investment.
FINALLY AND MOST IMPORTANTLY, SEND ME YOUR BUSINESS /PROJECT PLAN FOR STUDY AND I WILL REVERT
BACK TO YOU
Contact me on my private e-mail:
Let me hear from you asap.
Best regards,
James mokenna
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