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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: "COME AND CLAIM THIS MONEY" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <lawjoem@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 12 Feb 2023 04:58:48 -0000
Subject: COME AND CLAIM THIS MONEY

Many thanks for your positive response.

I had previously taken time to run through your rich profile and have carefully discussed it with one of my investors. It is important to note that I have been very meticulous in my choice of a trusted and competent person to work with.

Having said that, I wish to kindly share with you this information. I have a retainer ship with a particular investor who is a high net worth individual. However, it is very important at this point that I give you a little insight about my client. My client's name is Isabel dos Santos, an Angolan businesswoman, Africa's richest woman and the eldest child of Angola's former President José Eduardo dos Santos, who ruled the country from 1979 to 2017. In 2013, according to Forbes, her net worth had exceeded US$2 Billion making her Africa's first female US Dollar Billionaire. In November 2015, the BBC named dos Santos as one of the 100 most influential women in the world.

It is important to note that my client is being persecuted unjustly by the government of João Lourenço, the president of Angola, this led to the government confiscating all her assets known to them. Now she has assets and investments worth over US$3 Billion Dollars all over the world.

Please check the link below:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isabel_dos_Santos

At this point I need to explain to you that we are talking about huge amount not less than US$15 Million Dollars deposit with a specific Financial Holding Warehouse under the name of Isabel dos. I have personally been there to witness and confirm the currencies with my money expert team from a high known bank in England who promised to help us work the entire fund into a banking system.

As a result of this persecution since 2018, Isabel dos Santos and family are somewhere under cover, I have her mandate to get an individual or company that is reliable and trustworthy that she will issue a power of attorney as regards changing the beneficiary status of this investment.

However, given the cryptic or underground mode in which she operates, she cannot have a direct claim of this cash since she is acting under cover, hence the need to get somebody who must be trusted. The beneficiary status of the cash deposit with the Holding Facility and relevant papers will be prepared in your name if we come to an agreement, this is to make it 100% legal and risk free on your part, and this is why I am giving you this background details.

Please we can negotiate your commission first after which the balance shall be put into any investment (project or field) that you suggest provided the ROI is OK.

Now, after receiving a very professional and positive response from you, she will be looking at 2% as your reward for accepting this offer. Annual management fee of 2%.
Subsequently, she will give you 40% of the profit that will accrue in the investment/partnership and take an annualized 60% profit herself.

Isabel really knows how to return the favor. Other opportunities abound but subject to your performance in this first business.

Please treat this mail with the highest level of confidentiality it deserves given my client's status while I await your quick response to give you further details and evidence.

Needless to respond to this proposal if you do not have intention to keep it very confidential to avoid jeopardizing her condition.

Awaiting your timely response.
Regards,
Mr. Peter McSaid Haduala-Joe

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