419 Scam – Advance Fee / Fake Lottery Scam (2006-01)

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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:

This email uses a separate reply address that is different from the sender address. Spammers use this to get replies even when the original spam sending accounts have been shut down. Also, sometimes the sender addresses are legitimate looking but fake and only the reply address is actually an email account controlled by the scammers.
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.

Fraud email example:

From: admin@youmail.com.au
Reply-To: projectmanager@investmentcomltd.comlu.com
Date: Wed, 06 Aug 2014 04:15:03 +1000
Subject: We are an Investment and Development Company representing multiple
investors worldwide.

Attn:

We are an Investment and Development Company representing multiple investors worldwide. Our investors are willing to fund 1 Million to 500 Million projects, which is capable of generating 4% annual interest ROI. The areas of interest for any viable Project for Investment, Financing or Development includes Real Estate Projects, Hotel & Resort Projects, Merger Acquisition Projects, Business Start-up and Expansion Projects, Oil & Gas Projects, Metals & Mining Projects, Government & Municipal Projects, Motion Picture & Entertainment Projects, Aerospace, Healthcare, Information & Communications Technology, Infrastructure, Investments, Logistics & Transport, Renewable, Semiconductors, Utilities, Technology, Energy, Industry, Service Ventures and many other types of projects.

Our process is simple and quick we send you the key document's to fill out and send back to us within 24 hours. You could possibly have your LOI within 5-7 business days. Some of our investors are willing to do 100% financing on projects depending on the structure and project type.

We do not invest with people with shady pasts or criminal histories. Therefore contact us if you consider your projects viable of making 4% annual interest, only serious inquiries with brief or executive summary of your project is accepted.

Thanks

Dr. David Gomez.

If you are interested contact us through this E-mail address: projectmanager@investmentcomltd.comlu.com

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