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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: "Mr.Richard Wealth" <davismorrison205@gmail.com>
Reply-To: richprivate0001@yahoo.com
Date: Thu, 14 Oct 2021 18:32:37 -0700
Subject: REPLY ME ASAP

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Dear Partner

Greetings,

Sir/Madam,

Attention:

I represent an international business/Project funding company based in
Asia. We provide HARD LOAN FUNDING for any VIABLE project /business
seeking financing. Let us know if you have viable start up or already
existing business /project that requires funding or expansion with
AROI OF 3% and above.

JOINT VENTURE PARTNERSHIP CAN ALSO BE CONSIDERED. We allowed any
company or individuals to state the exact amount needed from
($1,000,000.00) one million United States Dollars to
($100,000,000,000,000.00) One hundred Billion United States dollars
and above, for their business or project.

Immediately the exact amount has been stated, the funding company
will proceed will the process of fund loan.

I wait for your timely response to discuss this opportunity further
with you. Reply me through my private Email contact:
richprivate0001@yahoo.com

Looking forward to hear from you.

Regards,

Mr. Richard Wealth

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