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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: "Mr.Robinson Garcia" <mrrobinsong67@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 8 Oct 2024 12:41:17 -1100
Subject: I look forward to hearing from you.

Hello,

I apologize if the content of my email is contrary to your moral ethics but
I find it pleasurable to offer you my partnership in business

I am obliged to notify you of the investor.

I have an investor that wants to invest $500M into a company that needs
funds for expansion only. He can not invest the money into new Companies
that want to start up but into Companies that have been making good profits
but needs funds for EXPANSION. He can only invest in a startup if the
investment proposal is realistic. The investor is a Prince related to Late
Rafik Bahaa.For more information please log on to [
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rafik_Hariri]

His Area of concentrations are Real Estate, Biotech, Textiles , Information
technology, Pharmaceuticals , Oil & Energy Industries, Mining & Metals
Industry, Management Consulting Industry ,Maritime industry, Hospital &
Health Care Industry, Consumer Services Industry, International Trade and
Development Industry ,Gambling & Casinos Industry, Electrical/Electronic
Manufacturing Industry, Insurance Industry, Chemical industries, Marketing
and Advertising Industry, Leisure, Travel & Tourism Industry, Agriculture,
Aviation, Retail, Import and Export, Trade and development industry, Real
Estate & Construction Industry and any other viable investment
opportunities.

If you recommend a company to take loan or investment funds from from my
client the investor, me and you will be entitled to 5% of any amount
received by the company from the investor but if you are taking the fund
directly as a company I will be entitled to 2.5% and you will retain 2.5%
as Global Finder's fee commission. There will be a face to face meeting
between the investor and the investee after signing (MOU) the (AORI) should
not be less than 3% per annul if it's loan or direct project financing.

Look for a reliable company that needs funding and we can easily make 5% of
the amount received from the investor but we need to maintain absolute
confidentiality in the transaction as the fund provider wants to remain
silent, so you have to keep it highly confidential between us. I will need
the company profile and the project summary of the company that will need
funding to present to my investor.

I look forward to hearing from you.

Regards,

Mr Robinson Garcia.

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