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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: Ramzi <mahmoodshahat11@gmail.com>
Reply-To: ramzimahmood9@gmail.com
Date: Wed, 7 Sep 2022 15:45:42 -0700
Subject: Hello dear thank you for your mail!!

Hello dear

Thank you for your mail. I represent a Private Investor who is willing
and ready to invest in your country in any VIABLE Business/Project but
her problem is how to transfer the fund to your country because she
does not want her government to know that he is investing outside her
country. She is down with cancer and want to invest this fund
immediately for her only son who just turn 18. She is also looking for
a good investment Manager who will manage the business for a period of
ten years because she want to remain a silent Investor within this
period.

Because of the Investor's late husband's top political affiliation
with her government coupled with the fact that she does not want her
government to know that she is investing outside her country, a direct
fund transfer to your account from her country will not be possible
and bank to bank transfer will also expose the Investor's status which
is the more reason she chose to be a silent Investor.

In this regard, we have perfected a special arrangement with a
Financial Expert on how to move the fund in cash to Istanbul - Turkey
where you can to receive the fund the fund, sign the Confidential
Working Agreement/CWA with her. On your arrival she will help you to
open a non-resident account in your name where the fund will be
deposited for further transfer to your home account for immediate
investment on agreed project.

For this role alone you will be entitled to 10% of the total fund.Also
you will be entitle to 30% of the AROI as the Investment Manager for a
period of 10 years. The amount involved is US$35 million.

If you are ready to proceed, I will provide you with our draft
Confidential Working Agreement(CWA) for your review, upon your
confirmation of the terms of the CWA, I will then send to you my
Finder's Fee Agreement (FFA) which you will sign and return back to me
and every arrangement will be perfected for the Investor's Bank
representative /financial expert to fly into Turkey with the fund for
a meeting during which the hard copy of the CWA will be signed and the
investment will be transferred to your account.

Best Regards,
Ramzi Mahmood

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