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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: "Gabriel Piedalue" <office@gmail.com>
Reply-To: g.piedalue71@gmail.com
Date: 31 Aug 2018 18:51:18 -0700
Subject: IMPORTANT DON'T IGNORE!!!

Hello,

I am making this contact as an independent financial consulting
and planning organisation which provides personalised service and
professional expertise to thousands of individual and small
businesses.

I do have the mandate of a PRIVATE client of mine with delicate
political background to seek for individuals with Financial
Management know-hows to handle the investment and management of
his funds- without the mention of his name.

To this end, we need your assistance to manage an investment fund
in a profitable business in your region with good Annual Return
on Investment (AROI).

Details of the investment and funding will be furnished to you
when I receive your response. Should you be interested to engage
us for a more detailed discussion on the aforementioned proposal,
please write me directly on g.piedalue72@gmail.com we would be
happy to do so in whatever medium you find much more appropriate
for this engagement.

Yours Sincerely

Gabriel Piedalue

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