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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:
- This email uses a separate reply address that is different from the sender address. Spammers use this to get replies even when the original spam sending accounts have been shut down. Also, sometimes the sender addresses are legitimate looking but fake and only the reply address is actually an email account controlled by the scammers.
- This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
Fraud email example:
From: "Mr. Richard Edwards" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <edwardsrichard251@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 11 Jun 2019 20:05:15 +0100
Subject: You have received a funding request notification (please respond)
Hello!
We represent high profile and transparent investors from the Parisian Region who welcomes lucrative opportunities presented on their desk for investment consideration.
Our duty is to link up entrepreneurs/fund seekers with Investors who are ready to invest in good business projects and ideas that will yield a high ROI. Should you be interested in this or you know anybody who has good business ideas but lack the necessary capital to fund his Ideas and projects, kindly let me know so we can have further discussion and establish working relationship.
Minimum application is 10M USD/EUR And Maximum application of 500M USD/EUR And can negotiate up to a billion depending on the investor or investors involved.
Regards
Richard Edwards
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