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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: "mr james morgan" <jarmon101@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: jams_more@sify.com
Date: Sun, 26 Nov 2006 19:56:25 -0500
Subject: important and urgent

Attention client,

How are you today' hope well and good. I write to you based on a request by
my client who has funds abroad and needs someone to use it for investments
purposes' as he or she cannot travel overseas now. I am Barrister James
Morgan. I work with some reputable law firm/consultancy agency that most
times represents the interests of wealthy personality in Europe and Africa.
Due to the sensitivity of the position our clients holds in government and
the society at large' this individuals most times cannot openly invest their
money why still holding government post in their country, for this reason
i.e. source of funds as in from of over inflated government contracts sum
and also because of the unstable investment environment in their countries.

This individual often move majority of their funds into more stable
economies and developed countries for safety investments and where they can
get good yield for their money, also due to some circumstances better known
to them, which sometimes makes it impossible for our client to travel out of
their country. For this reason our current investor wants an organization or
individual abroad, who will be able and willing to receive money and put it
to good use for a period of four (4) years for a start. You will use the
fund for investments for four (4) years as a loan without any interest. That
means you don't have to pay any interest on the money, but you give the
client 50% of all profits after tax that accrued from the use of the fund.
If after the elapse of four (4) year the gain he made is ok, the period of
the investment can be renegotiated and extended in due cause as business
progress.

The amount in question is US$25m and an offer of 5% of the total fund, aside
the investment capital will be given to any prospective investment. If these
terms are agreeable to you, kindly let me know or better still if you have
reservation and suggestions towards a better investment proposal, please
feel free to law down your cards on the table so that we can make further
arrangement and negotiations, do get back to me as soon as you get this mail
so that I will provide you with full information and procedures involved.
This won't take more than seven (7) working days as we already have the
US$25M moved overseas. Note that this transaction is not official as it’s a
business deal between you, me and the investor. I am to oversee the
investment on behalf of our client for the time been, pending when he or she
retires from public service.

Best regards,

James Morgan.

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