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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: "David Reidy" <christsolomon2016@gmail.com>
Reply-To: "David Reidy" <davreidy1970@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 03 Apr 2022 18:36:53 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: GET BACK TO ME


My Greetings to you
My name is David Reidy and presently working as a consultant and financial investment adviser. Basically part of my work is that I get consulted by very rich individuals, politicians, corporate Execs, top-notch people in the oil world, who have funds to invest.
Presently, I have an investor looking for a competent partner or company owners to work with that can guarantee a good return on investment(ROI). My client is willing and open to provide the funding to finance startups, business idea &amp; projects, researches &amp; developments as well as business expansion &amp; mergers
Please revert for more information if you find the subject matter interesting.
Thanks.
David Reidysend your response to my direct mailbox: davreidy1970@gmail.com................................................................................................................................Note: if you found this message in your junk/spam, please contact your ISP.

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