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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: Anderson A Anderson A <aanderson6090@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 13 Apr 2018 17:21:05 +0100
Subject: PLEASE READ AND GET BACK TO ME

With due respect .

I decided to reach you directly after all my search trying to find a
partner to be of assistance, please permit me to introduce myself, I’m
Anderson, the head of investments and risk management .

I have a business proposition, a highly profitable, poses no risk of
any sort and worth Several Millions of Dollars. If interested in my
proposition, do kindly indicate your interest by furnishing me with
your Bio data, business / personal details, to enable me relay to you
details of the proposal.

Looking forward to reading from you.

Best regards.

Anderson

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