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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: "INFO" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <project4unding@yahoo.com>
Date: Mon, 6 Jun 2022 03:06:58 -0700
Subject: INFO


Dear Sir,
I have investor that want to invest $6.8 Billion into a

company that needs fund for expansion only.He can not

invest the money to new Companies that want to start up

but into Companies that has been making good profits but

needs funds for EXPANSION.

His Area of concentrations are Real Estate,

Biotech,Textiles , Information technology,

Pharmaceuticals , Oil & Energy Industries, Mining

&Metals Industry, Management Consulting Industry

,Maritime industry, Hospital & Health Care Industry,

Consumer Services Industry, International Trade and

Development Industry ,Gambling & Casinos Industry,

Electrical/Electronic Manufacturing Industry, Insurance

Industry, Chemical industries, Marketing and Advertising

Industry, Leisure, Travel & Tourism Industry,

Agriculture, Aviation, Retail, Import and Export, Trade

and development industry, Real Estate & Construction

Industry and any other viable investment opportunities

just like yours.

If you recommend a Company to take loan or investment

funds from from my client the investor, me and you will

be entitled to 5% of any amount received by the Company

from the investor but if you are taking the fund

directly as a company i will be entitled to 2.5% and you

will retain 2.5% as Global Finder's fee commission.
There will be a face to face meeting between the

investor and the investee after signing (MOU) the (AORI)

should not be less than 3% per annum.

Look for a reliable Company that need funding and we can

easily make 5% of the amount received from the investor

but we need to maintain absolute confidentiality in the

transaction as the fund provider want to remain silent,

so you have to keep it highly confidential between us.
I will need the company profile and the project summary

of the company that will need funding to present to my

investor.

I look forward to hearing from you.
Russel

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