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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: Alexander Mason <alexandermason1121@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 11 Apr 2023 13:30:26 +0100
Subject: PROJECT FUNDING

With all due respect, am very happy to meet you here believing that we will
have more time to discuss more about each other.

Please permit me to introduce myself, my name is Mrs. susana B.jordan I am
from the United kingdom, Mother of one .My late husband died in
2020 because of the Covid.19 problem .since then I have been in the
Hospital, I am a widower with one son called David Jordan.

After the death of my husband I lost all the investment my late husband
invested in the United kingdom because of the problems of Government.The
only solution is the
fund my late husband deposited in texas Capital trustee Bank US.

I need a good person who is ready and willing to help us invest in your
country,
I would be interested to invest in any of the below profitable businesses.

1 .5 star Restaurant/Hotel
2 Real Estate (100 Housing Units )/ Office
complexes
3.Gas/petrol station
4.Any other viable project

Any of the above businesses according to your viability in your country
,you can manage properly and that will be very promising and you
have experienced .Am considering a budget of around $38 million USD for
milestone development .you can do more feasibility studies into
these areas of projects and work it out based on the above figure of the
investment and advice.

i am looking forward to your response and thoughts on this ,your
partnership and do believe that you can help me invest wisely.I will
also make arrangement for my personal representative to meet with you and
discuss the availability of the investment in your country

Thank for your good understanding
Regards,
Mrs.Susana jordan

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