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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: Mo Bashir <denisemaltese637@gmail.com>
Reply-To: mobashir2091@gmail.com
Date: 31 Aug 2022 07:42:38 -0700
Subject: Ref. no. Start-Up

Greetings.

I hope you doing good?   honestly, I will be most delighted in partnering with you, with the intention to maintain a Silent-Financial Position into your business.. 

 

I can provide capital injection for the advancement of any viable capital project which you require funding for.  I intend to be a silent partner with the sole  aim of providing the necessary capital injection into your business or any capital project which you may require funding, as long as its viable and this would be on an Equity/JV/loan term basis… 

 

My main goal and mission is  to be a strategic financial partner to your company once you agree to our proposal. Please get back to me if you think we can take this further.


 Looking forward to hearing from you.. 

 Warms regards 

 MB




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