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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: "Shimon Sussia" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <sussiafinance@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 11 Feb 2013 12:39:43 +0800
Subject: Re: Business Proposition

Dear Sir/Madam

RE: PROPERTY, LOAN AND EQUITY FINANCING

I send you compliments and greetings. I am Mr. Shimon Suissa a licensed financial advisor based in Scotland. I represent a client who wishes to convert her assets into investments and after looking at the growth prospects we have decided to invest in your country.

We shall be considering several sectors with our main focus on Property Development, Loan and Equity Financing for small and medium sized companies. We want to register a new company for this purpose and have a citizen as one of its directors/partners and this is why I decide to contact you so we can work together as partners.

Yours Sincerely.

Shimon Suissa.
Tel: +447012926886

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