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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: (sent from abused email account)
Reply-To: sunita0sothi@gmail.com
Date: Wed, 12 Nov 2008 14:35:08 -0500
Subject: READ CARE FULLY


Dear friend,

With regards to your profile I read, I wish to bring to your notice my interest to partner with you on this great business opportunity. My name is Ms Sunita Sothi, an engineer based in Malaysia. I intend to make an anonymous investment in partnership with you, provided you can guarantee the security of my investment capital
I have a $15,000,000 (fifteen Million U.S Dollar) to invest through you. This amount is part of my drawn retirement package from my company. It was entrusted to me for safe keep which has been with a security and finance company. I thought of removing it from the safe-keep status into a more profitable investment. Hence this proposal to you. The company has no problem with that because I had already notified them of my intention to invest it to avoid the continued demurrage charged by the security and finance firm for its safe-keep.

My lawyer is ready to prepare a power of attorney for change of ownership. There shall be a working agreement between us. The agreement will reflect my resolve to transfer the fund to you and give you 100% right to receive and manage the fund in an investment that will benefit both of us. Don't get biased about my reason to transfer the fund to you. I cannot be jack of all trades as I cannot handle managing the joint-investment with you and keeping my job all at the same time. If I try to resign my job now it will compel the company to demand for return of the fund. The fund was entrusted to me for safe-keep based on my contribution to the huge success in the company. Keeping it in safe trust at the security company is not the best option, as I will pay more for its safe-keep rather than making profit, that is why I prefer to transfer it to someone I can trust who is capable of managing it for the benefit of both of us. I cannot be selfish on a thing I cannot handle on my ow!
n. I just want to rely on you. This will be the essence of the agreement where I can trust you and believe that while am working here, the business is also being managed by a capable hand over there.

Please kindly furnish me with full business details and proposal for a Joint venture partnership with you. Looking forward for a good working relationship. I will provide anything you demand from me, in order to prove the authenticity of this proposal, I will also like us to see each other, before commencing this business, because I want to be cautious to avoid what happened to me before repeat itself again,

May the peace of Almighty be with you.

Do let me know your decision as quickly as possible via my email, sunita0sothi@gmail.com

Best regards,

Sunita Sothi



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