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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: "Matthew Beesley" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <beesley1975@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 15 Jan 2019 10:23:29 -0800
Subject: Greetings

Good day,

I have an urgent need for a partner with whom to venture into a 100% funded investment in your country. I represent an interest group and would want to negotiate the possibility of a working business agreement.

The family I represent is interested in exploring ways to establish a business relationship with you and have enough money to invest. Kindly furnish me with full investment strategy and/or business plan for my study. They are seeking to move a huge amount for investment abroad in the following sectors: Oil & Gas Drilling & Exploration, Independent Oil & Gas, Construction & Materials, Real Estate, Mining & Metals, Transportation, Medical Appliances & Equipment, Farm & Construction Machinery, Cement Production, Heavy Construction, Steel & Iron, ICT - Information & Communication Technology, Agriculture and Farming, Industrial Metals & Minerals, Aviation Industry and other lucrative sectors in your country.

If you have a solid background and idea of making good profit in any of the sectors stated above or any other viable business in your country, please write me for my client's consideration and possible business co-operation. More so, they are ready to facilitate and fund any business that is capable of generating 10% annual return on investment (AROI) on a joint venture partnership basis. He is also willing to consider a hard loan funding for any profit making business.

I am confident that you will give your consideration to this proposal and respond promptly.
Kindly direct any question you may have for further clarification.

Kind regards,

Matthew Beesley

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