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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: PAUL CLEMENT <duduganwa234@gmail.com>
Reply-To: paulclement.ff@gmail.com
Date: Thu, 9 Sep 2021 19:13:14 +0100
Subject: ACCEPT THIS TOKEN FROM ME AS YOUR COMPENSATION

Dear Friend ,

I'm happy to inform you about my success in getting the fund
transferred to a Swiss
Account with the cooperation of a new partner from London who is an
international
business man.

Presently I'm in India for investment projects with my own share of
the total sum.
Meanwhile, I did not forget your past efforts and attempts to assist
me in transferring those funds despite that it failed us some how.

Now contact my secretary, his contact is:Name:

Mr.Alexander Riman
Email: alexriman011@gmail.com
Tel: +2349060818260

Ask him to send you the total $950.000.00 (Nine Hundred and Fifty Thousand US
Dollars) which I kept for your compensation for all the past efforts
and attempts to
assist me in this matter.

I appreciated your efforts at that time very much. So feel free and
get in touch with
my secretary Mr. Alexander Riman and instruct him where to send the
amount to you.
Please do let me know immediately you receive it so that we can share the joy
together after all we suffered at that time. In the moment, I am very
busy here because of the investment projects which me and the new
partner are having at hand,
you can reach me on this number _+447024087586.

Finally, remember that I had forwarded instruction to my secretary on
your behalf to
receive that money, so feel free to get in touch with Mr.Alexander
Riman and he will
send the amount to you without any delay.

With best regards
Senator.Paul Clement,C.E.O

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