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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: "Allen Shi" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <allenshipgi@yahoo.co.jp>
Date: Fri, 18 Jan 2013 18:54:43 +0100
Subject: Projects funding

Dear Entrepreneur,

Welcome to our Korean Private Placement Portfolio.

The PGI GroupInvest is a venture capital firm specializing in growth capital investments. It seeks to invest in public and private securities in a broad range of areas including real estate, energy, oil and gas, emerging markets and high-technology. Within the technology sector, the firm focuses on communications, software and digital content and services.

We wish to invest between $1Million-$100Million in any viable projects that your company requires funding on an equity investment capacity. On review of your company's Business Plan we shall determine on the projects possible funding.

This will be a silent and Private Placement Investments. Endeavor to respond promptly to my email address allenshipgi@gmail.com if the investment proposal meets your company's approval.

Kind Regards,

Allen Shi (CEO)
PGI GroupInvest
Seoul, Korea.

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