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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: Attorney David Casildo <service@gardcorp.net>
Reply-To: <dcasildo1970@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 17 Oct 2019 07:00:43 -0700
Subject: Dear Good Friend ...

Dear Sir,

I am David Casildo an Attorney based in United Kingdom. Am working for the Family of Former Libya Oil Minister Late Shukri Ghanem for whom the Daughter Consulted me to help the Family look for a Reliable,Trustworthy and Honest Investor that will help the Family invest their Hard Earned Funds Valued One Hundred and Twenty Million United States Dollars(US$120M) for Investment Purposes.

The said Funds is the only Valuables the Family rely on for Survival,this Funds was Deposited in a Security Firm Years back in Europe after the Death of the OIL Minister. Based on this, the Daughter is eager to invest this Funds in the Hands of a Reliable and Trusted Investor for the Benefit of the Family.

Furthermore, the Family have mapped out 25% for the Investor for safeguarding and investing the Funds successfully while 70% is for the Family Investment. Then 5% have been mapped out to be used settle all expenses including Telephone calls incurred by all Parties involved in the running of this Transaction.

The Confidentiality of this Transaction is a paramount interest to the Family until the Funds is successfully Transferred to the Designated Bank Account of the Investor in any Country of his Choice. Top Secret of the Transaction must be on the Chest of all Parties involved on this Investment.

However, the Family have agreed to Enter into an Agreement with any interested Investor and all Document will be processed in the Name of the Investor as the Beneficiary of the Funds.Meanwhile, any interested
person who is Capable to handle this Transaction should not hesitate to contact me for further Arrangement and onward Transfer of the Funds to the Account of the Investor without Delay.


Yours Faithfully,
Attorney David Casildo
dcasildo1970@gmail.com

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