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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: "INVESTMENT INTEREST" (may be fake)
Date: Mon, 6 Sep 2010 01:35:23 +0800
Subject: INVESTMENT INTEREST

GOOD DAY, I AM GODFREY HAKO, I WOULD LIKE TO APPLY THROUGH THIS MEDIUM FOR YOUR CO-OPERATION TO SECURE AN OPPORTUNITY TO INVEST AND GO INTO JOINT BUSINESS VENTURE WITH YOU IN YOUR COUNTRY.
BELOW ARE MY LAID DOWN SPECIFICATION FOR THE JOINT VENTURE CORPORATION IN YOUR COUNTRY FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION AND IMMEDIATE ATTENTION:

1. Investment capital up to USD$8.5million

2. Area of interest: Real Estate, Hotel, Transportation, Civil Construction and Industries, you might also suggest other businesses that you deem viable and lucrative in your country.

3. If you are Interested, you should be willing to receive me/meet with me personally in other to get to know each other better and work out the investment modalities.

PLEASE KINDLY NOTE, I WILL LIKE YOU TO BE THE PRINCIPAL MANAGER OF THE FUND BASED ON YOUR ADVICE AND DIRECTIVES, SINCE YOU KNOW HOW BUSINESSES ARE RUNNED AND CORDINATED IN YOUR COUNTRY.

PLEASE FEEL FREE TO EMAIL ME FOR FURTHER CLARIFICATION ON THIS MATTER. ALSO CONTACT ME WITH THE FOLLOWING DETAILS AND INFORMATION VIA EMAIL: .

1. YOUR FULL NAME:2. CONTACT ADDRESS: 3. TEL/FAX NUMBER 4. MOBILE NUMBER: 5. AGE: 6.OCCUPATION: 7. NATIONALITY:

THANKS IN ANTICIPATION.

REGARDS,

GODFREY HAKO.

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