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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: Robert Sack <hamfranck877@gmail.com>
Reply-To: sackrobert@yandex.com
Date: Sun, 2 Apr 2023 13:38:10 +0100
Subject: INVESTMENT PROPOSAL

Good day,

My Name is Mr. Robert Sack from the United Kingdom.
It is my resolve to contact you for an investment proposal.
I want to invest Eight Million,Five Hundred Thousand British
Pounds(£8.5m) in any viable and
profitable business that has good returns on investment(ROI)in sectors
like Health,Manufacturing, Agriculture,Pharmaceuticals,
Real Estate, Hoteling,Education,Trading etc in an effort to expand my
business globally. I want you to be my partner.
If you choose to partner with me, I am ready to:
1) Send the consignment fund box to your country through a diplomatic channel OR
2) Do a direct bank transfer to your account so you warehouse the
funds and process the
necessary business registrations pending my arrival to your location.
This will depend on whatever modalities between the two we agree on.

As I mentioned earlier, I would like to know whether you are ready to
partner with me on this.
Kindly indicate your interest to enable us proceed.

Thank you in anticipation as I look forward to reading your reply.

Best regards.

Mr.Robert Sack

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