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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 AM0011" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <am0011@hosanna.net>
Date: Fri, 3 Dec 2010 05:00:01 -0600
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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Estimado afiliado,

Te he enviado este correo debido a la necesidad de abrir debates con usted. Yo no quiero que malinterprete esta oferta en cualquier aspecto, si está bien con ustedes les pido su plena cooperación.

Representamos a un cliente, que nos dio el contacto para la representación posible de invertir sus fondos en su país. Ella desea invertir en una economía estable, sus intereses están en áreas de inversión (REAL ESTATE, ENERGÍA Y CUALQUIER OTRA ZONA DE BUENA INVERSIÓN) con potencial de rápido crecimiento en el largo plazo. Si la legislación de su país permite a los inversores extranjeros, que está dispuesta a invertir sus fondos con usted como su pareja, la espera, cuando los dos está de acuerdo en términos particulares.

Por favor, vuelve a mí con si usted es capaz de manejar una cantidad de más de veinte millones de dólares con el propósito de las inversiones.

Un cordial saludo,

Andrew.

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