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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: "Amir L" <amirl@free3.hostsend.net>
Date: Thu, 13 Jun 2024 11:44:52 -0700
Subject: Greetings,..

My name is Amir L., I am a career auditor working with an investment company based in Singapore. I sent you an email last week but I don’t know if you received and ignored my message or it mistakenly fell into your spam folder.

I need your response to discuss my urgent need with regards to a deceased client who invested in our company. We are an investment and asset management company, our late client instructed us to sale his Million EUR property and convert it into a viable investment in the capital Marked via Euro Bond. After the sales of this property and successful conversion of the funds into investment capital, we lost our client who happen to be a politically exposed person in his home country.

Because our late client was in political office and also an international business man, he did not disclose his next of kin to inherit his investment in the capital market and at moment, we can’t disclose this investment to the deceased client country because the information will be used to tarnish his political Party’s reputation, thus the funds in the capital market can only be used for investment abroad.

I stand to present you as a trustee to funds and where we can collectively invest the funds in a real estate project in your country, further modalities will be discussed upon your response.

Regards,

Amir L.

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