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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: "Mr. Joe Fred" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <financialinstruments99@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 17 Feb 2017 18:43:52 -0500
Subject: Greetings,

Greetings,
 
My name is Joe Fred, I am financial instruments and investment
brokers.  I do have a private authorization from my clients who the
late husband was an African Leader with delicate political position to
seek for individuals with sound financial management experiences to
handle the investment and management of over US$250Million devoid of
his name.
 
If you have fund management abilities or credible projects in need of
funding, please let me have a brief description of your nature of
business/professional experiences alongside your registered business
name/phone number and physical address in a returned email so we can
discuss further.
 
Yours sincerely,
Mr. Joe Fred.
Email:(financialinstruments99@gmail.com)
Mobile + 447937197176
Phone: +447042043415.

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