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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: Roberts Kelvin <robertwayne20211@gmail.com>
Reply-To: robertskelvin20211@gmail.com
Date: Tue, 12 Oct 2021 08:02:50 +0000
Subject: HI

--
Dear Sir/Madam,

My principals have now obtained foreign exchange quotas and approvals
including capital and under accounts, trade platform, corporate
accounts and even private accounts.

Do you have any viable business plan that needs funding? Depending on
your business plan/project our principals are in the position to
provide the capital to the ideal partner ready to work for a mutual
benefit and the capital will be delivered to you under a non-recourse
Finance platform.

It will be my duty to guide you to secure a successful corporate small
or large capital investment or private capital enhancement.

For more détails contact me
{ robertskelvin20211@gmail.com }

Regards,
Roberts Kelvin

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