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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 message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
Fraud email example:
From: Mariam Barliin <mariambarliin@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 26 Jul 2021 09:43:17 +0200
Subject: Financing for your project with 100% guarantee.
Dear Sir or Madam
We are a group of private investors and we are looking for reliable,
serious partners to carry out our investment activities in several project
areas, namely :
social projects
Real estate projects
Renewable energy projects
Profitable projects
Our group can invest up to 200 million euros in any project that can
generate a very good annual return over a long period of time. Do not
hesitate to contact us if you have profitable projects to propose and we
will work together in total transparency and trust.
Information. We ask you to write us only to this email address (
dr.gianchristianpiero@protonmail.com ), and we will answer you as soon as
possible.
Wunderlich
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