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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: "MIKE Ewel" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <talktomewel@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 30 Jan 2018 00:52:04 -0800
Subject: INVESTMENT PROPOSAL Re: Business Proposal/Joint Venture


I run an international Business Promotion and Consultancy firm and I


got your contact through the internet in my quest for a foreign


investment for one of my clients.


My client is in the precious stone industry and owns mines in Tanzania


and in Kenya. He also used to deal (buy and sell) in diamonds from


Angola and Democratic Republic of Congo (former Zaire) before


international ban was placed on diamonds from war torn countries.

Hence he decided to stop his diamond business and diversify his

investment portfolio by investing abroad in different sector on


partnership basis.


The followings are his specifications for your consideration and

immediate attention:


1. Investment capital up to USD $24.6million


2. Area of interest - real estate, hotel, transportation, civil


construction, industries, and fisheries.


3. Shares of partners depending on capital input, therefore subject to

negotiation.


4. Interested party should be prepared to come down to sign agreement


with him that will protect his interest before he releases and remit


his capital to the designated account for the project after which he


will travel back with the person to finalize and set up the business.


Please kindly note that you need not reply if you are not satisfied


with the above conditions as my client will prefer to deal with


somebody serious as the entire management and running of this venture


will be the person's responsibility, because it will not be possible


for my client to be physically present most of the time in view of his


time consuming commitments with his mine business.


Kindly give this proposal an urgent attention, as my client needs this


information as soon as possible. My contacts are


I look forward to your immediate response.

Sincerely Yours,


MIKE Ewel


Financial consultant.

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