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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: "Finanacial Investment" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <investmenentfinancial@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 21 Mar 2018 04:29:39 +0800
Subject: Investment project
My Dear,
I work for an investor that require a high profile projects.
Can we partner with you in sourcing good projects owners like refinery, mining industry, heavy steel projects or manufacturing sector etc., that are in need of funding and can work with us in investment of amount up to $500m USD to $1Billion USD.
You will be settled with a percentage that will be mutually agreed by us. It is important to remind you that there will be no fees or upfront payment whatsoever from investors that will work with us until funds are confirmed in their account.
If you can then kindly make available the investors executive summary plus project type and amount needed for project /investment to enable me provide you details and procedures. I look forward to your cooperation.
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