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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: Charley Weke <stephendave8871234@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 13 Oct 2021 16:44:16 -0700
Subject: I NEED YOUR PARTNERSHIP

Hello

Mr.Pedro Douglas approved the sum of US50,000,000 Million Dollars for a
Real Estate Management investment under my

portfolio as his Financial Consultant for years before his death.

There was no will to these funds, hence the money has to be invested for
real estate in any part of the world and

The return of investment {ROI} will be shared among his family and the
investor. If you will be interested i can

present you to his Representative as the investor to receive the amount for
the real estate investment, but we

must both agree on my percentage. If this is acceptable to you, please get
back to me for discussion and

directives. i ask your reply to my private email:
stephendave8871234@gmail.com


Therefore I advise you should forward your information to me as to enable
us to proceed on the transaction

immediately.

Your full Names:
Your Company Name:
Your Mobile phone number:
Your complete address:
Country:
A Scan Copy of your Identity.
Sex:
Age:


Thanks for your anticipated cooperation:
Stephen Dave.
Financial Consultant

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