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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 ROUERTWILSON <nigeriapayementcententerunionb@gmail.com>
Reply-To: mr.rouertwilson@gmail.com
Date: Fri, 5 Nov 2021 02:48:26 +0100
Subject: Looking for a trustworthy investor.

Dear Sir/Ma,

I Alonzo Connell represents an investor, who has interest to place
funds into business investment in your country.
We are interested in Real Estate, or a sector you will recommend that
is viable in your country.

If you have a solid background and idea of making good profit in any of the
business in your country ,

please reply back via this email address: mr.rouertwilson@gmail.com
in details, the area (s) that will be more profitable in your country
so that the investor will carefully look into it before deciding.

More so, the investor is ready to facilitate and fund any business
that is capable of generating 15% to 20% annual return on investment or more.

More details will be realized to you upon your response.

Regards,

Mr ROUERTWILSON

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