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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: "Oliver Pau Mendez Esq."<delroyg@g987fm.com>
Reply-To: popular@consultant.com
Date: Wed, 16 Sep 2020 03:26:04 -0700
Subject: INVESTMENT & LOAN

We are International legal and finance services law firm duly registered here in Spain. So if you are looking for a Partnership, loans and funding with low interest rate to fund and grow your business without the usual rigorous procedures for Starting up a Franchise, Contract Execution, Commercial & Real Estate Purchase, Business Acquisition, Business Expansion, yes we can help you achieve the loan as low rate as 3% to 4% per annum for a period of 5 to 10 years depending your type of business.

If you are interested in our loan and financial services then reply back to me for more details on my email: popular@consultant.com

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