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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: James Abel <rm1663308@gmail.com>
Reply-To: ja293868@gmail.com
Date: Fri, 25 Mar 2022 02:46:52 -0700
Subject: Investment

My name is James Abel. I am Counsel to a reputable investment &
finance firm operating out of Panama. We provide discrete financial
services for High Net worth Individuals, CEOs/ Executives of
corporations, and senior government officials globally.

What we do is legal and within the ambit of the law, but following the
Russian invasion of Ukraine and the subsequent sanctions by the WEST,
practically most of our clients are no longer comfortable.

Right now few of our clients want their accounts closed and their
assets including cash transferred out from these Offshore locations to
be invested in the real sector of an economy in any part of the world
that has good prospects.

Hence, we are looking for Manufacturers, Real Estate Developers,
construction companies, oil exploration, companies, mining
corporations ETC that will be vetted to qualify for this funds
injection of between $10 - $250 million.

Cash has been secured and ready to be deployed, these funds will be
given at a 0% interest, it is not a loan, rather it will be given as a
tenured operational fund, and the investor is only interested in any
agreed percentage of profit declared, either quarterly or yearly. A
minimum of ROI of 5 % is expected.

If you believe you or your organization can be assessed for
qualification and consideration to participate in this program, kindly
reply to this email for further information

Yours Sincerely,
James Abel

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