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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: "Edward Kingsley" <webmail@pinturas-abstractas.com.ar>
Reply-To: edkingsley65@e1.ru
Date: Mon, 28 Nov 2016 18:28:54 -0300
Subject: INVESTMENT PROPOSAL FROM EDWARD KINGSLEY

Greetings to you my friend, I know this will come to you as a surprise
because you do not know me. I am Mr. Edward Kingsley; a British citizen,
but I worked with shell Petroleum Company . I got your contact in my
search for an honest person and someone i could trust for a good business
venture. I want you to help me clear this package already in Europe which
I shipped through accredited courier agent. The content of the package is
$20,000,000.00(Twenty Million United States Dollars) all in $100.00 bills,
but the fiduciary company does not know the content as money.

All I want you to do for me now is to furnish me your mailing address,
your private phone and fax numbers so that i can give you more details,
and at the end of the day, you will have 30% and 70% will be for me which
i will be investing in your country under your advice and supervision. You
can call or e-mail me, for security reasons, other modalities will be
discussed as soon as you get back to me, including sending you the pin
numbers to the package within the stipulated time. Please, Can i trust
you??
My warm regards, while i wait your response.

Best Regards
Mr. Edward Kingsley.


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