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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:

Fraud email example:

From: Eric Waldien <erwaldien@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 28 Aug 2021 09:53:00 +0100
Subject: INVESTMENT PARTNERSHIP.

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I am contacting you after going through your interesting profile. Let
me first and foremost introduce myself once more, I’m a registered
investment consultant based in England, my client name is Alan
Dickinson, deputy chairman of Lloyds banking group. He has given me
the mandate to look for a partner to actualize investment agenda in
your country.


He has given me mandate to handle everything about the transaction and
investment in your country because of his position in the bank. I will
take responsibility of processing the transfer of investment fund to
your account in your country. You will provide investment options we
are going to invest the fund under your exclusive control.

The total amount to be invested is $35,550,000.000 (Thirty-five
million five hundred and fifty thousand united states of American
dollars). we are going to own 35% of the invested fund while my client
will own 55% and 10% will be set aside for expense and running cost of
the investment you should feel free to ask any question you deem
necessary as regards to the process of transferring the fund and
investment. I will be anticipating your positive response for us to
proceed.

Regards,
Mr. Eric Waldien
Investment Consultan

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