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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: <"? print$nombre;?"@cma.crea-mg.org.br> <internationalconsultantch@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 2 Jun 2016 06:25:22 -0300 (BRT)
Subject: REF: VALUED BUSINESS INFORMATION

Ms. P. Way
Top Investment Consultant
Based In Switzerland
Reference : 468478
PROPOSAL NOTE
 
Hello and good day to you.
 
My clients a well known high net-worth individual  has funds for investment, if you are interested , please get back to me via email internationalconsultantch@gmail.com or via my telephone  +41435084753  for further details as this is 100% risk free and legitimate.
 
I look forward to working with you.
 
Best Regards,
Ms. P. Way
Assistant to Mr. Khodorovsky

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