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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: Services <humanitarianci@gmail.com>
Reply-To: xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxservices@gmail.com
Date: Mon, 25 Oct 2021 23:11:49 +0100
Subject: Re : Investiment Assistance,

Dear Respected One,

I am contacting you following my desire to go into an investment
transaction with you, my name is George Smith, I am a close confident
to some military personnels from a Neighboring who deserted the Army
following a political problem in that Country and have been seeking
refuge here in Ghana. These my contacts are in possession of some huge
amounts of funds well over 200 Million USD which they are desirous of
moving and investing outside Africa under your care and management if
you can help identify some viable investment portfolios.

As a close contact they confided in me seeking for assistance to look
for someone they can entrust the funds to, for management outside the
African continent where political and economic condition is stable.

Kindly contact me should this be of an interest to you for more
details, so together we can rub minds to achieve their desired goals.

I look forward to a positive response from you

Yours Truly
George Smith.

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