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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: "RITA PENG" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <ritapeng1@hotmail.com>
Date: Wed, 2 Feb 2011 17:32:52 -0500
Subject: PROSPECT INVESTMENT

Pardon my invading your privacy.

I am Mrs. Rita Peng, wife of Mr. Allan Wong the founder and former chairman of the A rich Businessman in Hong Kong I am looking for a foreign individual or a corporate body that can profitably invest $150,000,000.00 (One Hundred and Fifty Million US Dollars) on real estates outside Hong Kong.

Most importantly, you will be required to invest these funds on real estates preferably in your country of residence outside of Hong Kong and Private Equity Shares,
debentures, information Technology(INFOTECH) Computer Engineering, Manufacturing plastic insulation and in the sea; So the export of food in Asia, America or in Europe.

Therefore, I would welcome suggestions from you on more profitable fields of investment in your country so we can determine which field to focus.

If you can invest this money, let me know if you can be my investment manager in your country.

Trust me; this is once in a life time opportunity I bet you can't afford to miss. If you refer to be re-contacted for more express information,
write back promptly I look forward to it. I expect your correspondence as my response with more information on this profiting offer will be swift.
Please do kindly reply me on this email addresses: ritapeng1@hotmail.com



Sincerely,
Rita Peng
ritapeng1@hotmail.com

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