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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: Pierre Vergnes <info@olabautomazione.it>
Date: Sun, 22 Apr 2018 14:21:50 +0100
Subject: URGENT-ENQUIRY



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HELLO DEAR,

MY NAME IS PIERRE VERGNES, A RETIRED BANK EXECUTIVE, I NEED A RELIABLE
PARTNER TO INVEST SOME FUNDS WITH, IF YOU ARE INTERESTED PLEASE EMAIL ME
WITH THE FOLLOWING DETAILS YOUR NAME: CONTACT PHONE:NATURE OF BUSINESS/
WORK: CONTACT ADDRESS: ANY FORM OF IDENTIFICATION: PLEASE I WILL
APPRECIATE TO HEAR FROM YOU AS I WANT YOU TO REALIZE THAT THIS IS A
TRANSACTION OF REALITY OF PHYSICAL SEEING IS BELIEVING NOT JUST MERE
EMAIL AND PHONE TALK . VERY EAGER TO HEAR FROM YOU SOONEST TO ENABLE ME
FURNISH YOU MORE , PLEASE CHECK THIS LINK BELOW TO KNOW MORE ABOUT ME
[PEOPLE.EQUILAR.COM/BIO/PIERRE-VERGNES-DEXIA/SALARY/952736]

I AWAIT YOUR URGENT RESPONSE.
PIERRE VERGNES.

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