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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: Tony Moore <tonymoore4reallife@gmail.com>
Reply-To: tonymoore167@yandex.com
Date: Sun, 03 Jan 2016 15:32:30 +0700
Subject: Re: PROJECT FUNDING. (HAPPY NEW YEAR 2016)


Greetings to you,

My name is Mr. Tony Moore. Firstly, I apologize for sending you this sensit=
ive information via E-mail. I am an independent broker from UK. I came acro=
ss your company contact and I decided to introduce myself and tell you that=
I have good contact with some legitimate investors that are currently seek=
ing viable investment Opportunities between the range of $ 10 Million to $ =
5 Billion United States Dollars in various sectors such as: Real Estate, Mi=
ning, Transportation, Agriculture, Education, Production, Medical, Telecom,=
Construction, Power, Oil & Gas trading/sectors, etc.

If you have any viable project with the idea of making good returns on inve=
stments in any of the above-mentioned business sectors in any country, kind=
ly write me for possible business co-operation as they are ready to facilit=
ate and fund any viable business opportunity that is capable of generating =
annually Joint Venture Partnership or Loan Financing with low interest rate=
. Kindly give this opportunity a thought for there is no harm in trying. It=
=92s all about creating opportunities and making good money for growth and =
development. I thank you for reading my email and I hope you will give me t=
he opportunity to explain better and make you see reasons why you should pa=
rtner with us. I anticipate your cooperation.

Yours sincerely,
Tony Moore.
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This email message, including any attachment(s), is intended only for the n=
amed recipient(s) and may contain confidential, proprietary or legally priv=
ileged information. Unauthorized individuals or entities are not permitted =
access to this information. Any dissemination, distribution, disclosure, or=
copying of this information is unauthorized and strictly prohibited. If yo=
u have received this message in error, please advise the sender by reply em=
ail, and delete this message and any attachments.

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