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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: "richardadams Gazeta.pl" <richardadams@gazeta.pl>
Date: Sat, 31 May 2008 15:52:34 +0100
Subject: Investment Proposal


*Dear friend,

I got your profile and CV during my research on the internet and websites
over foreign investment in your country.
I am contacting you with the hope that you will kindly give attention to my
proposal; I am Richard Adams the only son of Chief Edward Adams I lost my
Dad on September 11th; he was Chief Edward Adams, Battalion 9, New York City
Fire Department. He lost his life with many other heroes that day, victims
of the terrorists. Firefighters from all over have come to the aid and
rescue of the tragedy in New York and Washington ,D.C.*


*Many firefighters lost their lives to save someone else's. The truth of the
matter is, they do this every single day. They truly are heroes. I know many
people feel helpless, especially those who live far from NYC and D.C. We all
want to do something to show our appreciation, our support! I think we
can... In hon or of the bravery, courage and determination of American
firefighters. *


*I wish to inform you about having an investment mainly in your country by
building industries and companies, my main reason of having a foreign
investment in your country is for the reason that my late Father before he
died on a fire incident, he deposited the sum of ($75.000 000 00) with the
Bank of Africa under his lawyers controle, and was hoping to open a
tellecomunication company in Madrid Spain with the money, but since after
his death,his lawyer barrister S.Taipu came advising me to look for a good
and relaible person who can help me by having extablishments in his or her
country with this magnitude amount of money since i can not be able to
handle such amount, mean while the account were this money is been deposited
has been damant since the death of my father, and need to withdraw the money
and invest it somewhere.*

*
After reading this letter and feel to go into partnership in business with
me, you have to contact me on my email bellow. *

*You have to provide your details to my private email box **
richardadams@live.fr* <richardadams@live.fr>* Phone....+229 9746 4449*

*
Once you provide the details, I am going to consult my lawyer who
willprovide an agreement form which both of us are going to sign
oursignature before we proceed.

Regards.
Richard Adams SON
*

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