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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.Richard Meadows" <mr.richardmeadows@outlook.com>
Reply-To: mr.richardmeadows@yahoo.co.uk
Date: Thu, 29 Aug 2013 11:02:57 -0400
Subject: From Mr.Richard Meadows



Dear Sir/Madam,

My Name is Mr.Richard Meadows, i will like to invest in your
country/company, but I don't know anybody that will help me when I
come over there that is my reason of contacting you to know if you
will be of assistance to me.

I have $50M dollars to invest in any profitable business in your
country/company. The money is right now in Europe. If you can handle
this transaction then let me know so that we shall plan how to meet
ourselves first face to face to work out modalities.

Get back to me if your are interested.


Best regards,
Mr.Richard Meadows.
E-mail :mr.richardmeadows@yahoo.co.uk
Phone number:+447012932044

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