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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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Fraud email example:

From: CONSULTANT/BROKER <consultantandypaul@virgilio.it>
Reply-To: andrewspaul@myway.com
Date: Sat, 17 Jun 2006 07:42:57 +0200
Subject: [SPAM?] Be Honest In This Property Investment


ANDREWS PAUL CONSULTANCY
( Accredited Estate Brokers & Financial Consultant )
Tel : +39 348 868 97 92 Fax : +39 055 537 1084

Our Ref: 01 /00 / 16-06-06 Your Ref : 00/ 00 / 16-06-06
Date : 16/ 06 / 2006
RE: INVESTMENT REQUEST
I am a financial consultant based here in Torino , Italy. I have a client (a widow) from Zimbabwe and she has Fifteen million United States Dollars only ( US$15,000,000 .00 ) deposited by her late husband in an escrow account with the South African Reserve Bank ( SARB ).
She has indicated her interest to invest in your country, hence my contacting you.
Her interest is in investment / properties with potentials for rapid growth in long terms.
My client is interested in placing part of her fund in your Company or in properties, if your country’s bi-laws allows foreign investment. And she is willing to offer you 15% of the total fund if you can assist her transfer this fund to your country or any bank of your wish and assisting in investing it as well.
You can contact me for more details via Phone , Fax or this email ( consultantandrewspaul@yahoo.it ) for more details.
Yours faithfully,
Mr. Andrews Paul
NB: The fund is free from drug and laundering related offences and this transaction need utmost confidentiality.
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