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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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Fraud email example:

From: "Mr. Dixon Wea" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <wdixon08@outlook.com>
Date: Tue, 20 Oct 2020 17:45:18 +0100
Subject: Greeting To You Attention Is Needed Please

Greetings.

Trust this message meets you well.

My name is Mr Dixon Wea, a financial Consultant with Amcham Private Portfolio managers and Investment Services.

I represent the interests of very wealthy individuals across the Middle East and Africa. I have an investor who formerly occupied a sensitive position in the Oil & Gas sector of the government of his country. He is a high net worth individual and looking for possible partners or a partner that would help him to move the majority of his funds to a more stable economy for a decent return on investment.

I am writing to you to know if you have good projects that needs financial back up of up to Ninety-Seven Million United States dollars in cash, typically in exchange for a good (ROI) Return on Investment over a period of first ten years renewable. The remuneration to potential partner is quite attractive, it can be up to 20% but open for negotiations.

Please contact me urgently if you have the capacity, interest and have any questions regarding how to move forward.

Sincerely,

Mr. Dixon Wea.

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