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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: "John Angus" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <johnangus326@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 13 Aug 2024 09:55:19 -0700
Subject: John Angus

We are a reputable financial consultancy firm here in the UK. We help our client’s source for businesses that are looking for investors. Do you have an ongoing project that needs funding? Do you need a loan?  Do you have a mega project that seems impossible to come to reality? It doesn’t matter what continent you are. Here global wealth planner we make it possible. Kindly reply for more details. email johnangus326@gmail.com
 
 
Yours truly
 
John Angus

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