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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: "Raymond F. Smith" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <rssupplychainusa@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 18 Aug 2018 06:54:42 -0700
Subject: INVESTMENT BUSINESS ASSISTANCE

Dear Sir/Madam,

SUBJECT: INVESTMENT BUSINESS ASSISTANCE

I am Raymond Smith from United States.I am contacting you for Investment Property business/housing, factories and other related business in your country. And for the respect of transparency in this business plan. I will like us to have a face to face meeting regarding this plan, which will be held after series of mutual understanding through our message communication.

I hope for your response, to explain to you more about this.

Regard,
_______________
Raymond F. Smith
Tel no: +1518 757 6442
rssupplychainusa@gmail.com
raysmithsupplychain@gmail.com

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