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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: adamwbradford09@gmail.com
Date: Mon, 07 Dec 2020 08:07:39 +0000
Subject: LOAN INVESTMENT

Untitled form

To fill it in, visit:
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScTqQ-oChqbhEI9aDLU9ZmW14H23mGsJaIvDCqTyGXMWBbMgQ/viewform?vc
Dear Business Owners,


We are a broker representing a financial platform which is a progressive
financial asset management group in Europe and they are a multinational
company base in United Kingdom, Italy, Dubai, Hong Kong, Turkey and Russia.

Your company can apply to get investment loans from $5m up to $500m through
our financial platform , with an interest rate as low as 3% per annum for a
duration period of ten years maximum. If interested in this offer please
kindly contact us immediately with your business plan to enable us to
introduce you to the financial platform for the financing of your project.

We look forward to a good business relationship with you and your company.

Your prompt response will be appreciated.

Best Regards,

MR: ADAM W. BRADFORD
FINANCIAL CONSULTANT/BROKER.


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