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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: Tommy Biaoz <adrianraajeev01@gmail.com>
Reply-To: tomyabiaoz@gmail.com
Date: Sat, 25 Mar 2023 00:41:54 -0700
Subject: Get Your Fund For Business Project/Investment

Good Morning,

In respect to our discussion with Mr. Richard via Linkedin, I wish to
provide more details about our loan procedure.

We are expanding our global presence by investing into projects in the form
of equity finance, loan/JV partnership. We have the financial capacity to
fund starting & existing projects between $5Million - $500Million USD.

Our area of business investment interest are in the Health and Educational
sectors, Hotel, Real Estate, Transportation, Stock Speculation, Mining.
Other business projects are welcome for consideration.

NOTE: Intermediaries / Consultants / Brokers are welcome to bring their
clients and are 100% protected. In complete confidence, we will do good
business.

Kindly revert back if you have projects that need funding for further
discussion and negotiation.

Looking forward to hearing from you.

Regards
Andy Rinjeev
Financial consultant/Investment Officer.

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