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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: "Andrew Tan" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <a.tanandrew1@yahoo.com.sg>
Date: Sun, 24 May 2015 14:03:09 +0200
Subject: THANK YOU #

Compliment,
                                                                      INVITATION FOR PARTNERSHIP
I Am Andrew Tan, Managing Director and Chief Investment Officer of Harvest Global Investments Limited, Hong Kong
I am contacting you for a mutual business transaction, hoping that you will contact me at your earliest convenient for a possible business relationship on how to actualize this mutual benefit.
 
Details will be furnished to you.
 
Please send me your Name.......Country.....Mobile Number......
 
I await your urgent response.
 
Yours truly,
Andrew Tan
Email: a.tanandrew@yahoo.com.sg
Phone: +85281930606, Fax: +85230100842

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