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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: Nancy Johnson <nj6397887@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 4 Jan 2022 17:35:50 +0100
Subject: FROM NANCY URGENT REPLY NEEDE


Hello Dear.

Please receive my cordial greetings; My Name is Nancy Johnson., I’m from
Ecobankfintech Lome-Togo, and I am one of the junior staff, my role is to
help ensure the smooth running of the offices, I am reaching out to you
based on your good information on the website that I visited on the
internet.

We would like to assist you with investment funding; yes, our firm is
loaning out some suspended funds to some private individuals/companies,
and Real Estate Management Services who are interested in the loan
program, at 2% annual interest rate in any secured and profitable business
for a period of 10 years, under the investment proxy that 2% annual
interest rate of theinvestment capital be paid to Ecobankfintech every year
for the period of time that the investment will last.

Please note that; Loan limits for Non-Citizen is $50 million US dollars.

Having said that; if our offer meets with your interest, and you are
willing to proceed with our proposal kindly revert to me with your
business executive summary to enable me provide you the contact address of
our firm and the person to contact for this special offer.



Best Regards,
FROM NANCY URGENT REPLY NEEDE
Mrs Nancy Johnson

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