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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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Fraud email example:

From: "Mr.Wisdom Dickson" (may be fake)
Reply-To: "Mr.Wisdom Dickson"<dicksonwisdom395@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 29 Nov 2021 07:10:34 +0100
Subject: International Business Advisors Proposal 29-11-2021


Greeting's. =

I write to share Capital funding opportunities with you. I am a financial b=
roker and have Investor/capital funding group that specialized in funding g=
enuine projects, the Investor is capable to approve loan facility, financia=
l instruments to facilitate investment/boost your current or proposed busin=
ess through loan approval, issuing of SBLC of any value, this Investor/capi=
tal funding group is willing/capable to fund mega projects upon signing loa=
n contract, deed of agreement with interested client, the MOU will regulate=
the approval of required loan amount and transfer/transmit financial instr=
ument to client bank. My purpose of giving this information out is, if you =
have a project that requires loan funding/SBLC to support and grow your bus=
iness/investment goals, this is the opportunity to accelerate the dream. Th=
e Investor/Allied Investor are ready to approve funding between US$10M to U=
S$1 Billion to any company or individual and the funding conditions is cert=
ainly worthy of consideration, and for the loan the investor lends at the r=
ate of 2% (annual interest rate). It is expected of you to respond and info=
rm about your business plan so I can best advise on the funding opportunity=
available; through the Investor you would succeed in your projects, once =
you respond I will advise and provide full details for loan/financial instr=
ument (SBLC). Anyone you are interested in, then you will be guided accordi=
ngly. Will be looking forward to possible business collaboration. =

Sincerely,

Mr. Wisdom Dickson DISCLAIMER:The content of this email is confidential a=
nd intended for the recipient specified in message only. It is strictly for=
bidden to share any part of this message with any third party, without a wr=
itten consent of the sender. If you received this message by mistake, pleas=
e reply to this message and follow with its deletion, so that we can ensure=
such a mistake does not occur in the future.

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