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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: "AM0011" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <pjt000882@hosanna.net>
Date: Sat, 16 Oct 2010 15:24:02 -0500
Subject: TRUST NEEDED. PLEASE GET BACK TO ME

Dear Partner,

I have sent you this mail because of the need to open discussions with you. I don't want you to misunderstand this offer in any aspect, if it is okay with you I ask for your full cooperation.

We are representing a client, who gave us your contact for possible representation of investing her funds in your country. She wishes to invest in a stable economy; her interests are in investment areas (REAL ESTATE , ENERGY AND ANY OTHER GOOD INVESTMENT AREA) with potentials for rapid growth in long Terms. If your country's law allows foreign investors, she is ready to invest her funds with you as her partner, Pending when both of you agrees on a particular terms.

Please, get back to me with if you are capable of handling an amount of over twenty million dollars for the purpose of investments.

Regards,

Andrew.

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