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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: "Aaron Matins" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <aaronmatins@w.cn>
Date: Sat, 9 Jul 2011 09:03:06 +0100
Subject: Investment opportunity

Attn: Sir/madam


I am a well-established consultant in Cyprus handling a wide range of trade and investment matters.

Just recently, I was consulted and mandated by a client of mine to source for a reliable entrepreneur to assist invest funds totaling more than $50,000,000.00

My Client needs a country that is politically stable with an excellent investment climate .

My Client needs a top personality by whom investment on a large scale could be handled.

My client needs the funds invested in any country on viable projects

your main responsibility is to ensure the total evacuation of the funds from where it is secured at the moment.

Should you however be in a position to secure these funds and to handle the investment desire of my client, please notify me so that I can give the details and also arrange for an early meeting where we shall discuss among others, investment areas, evacuation or transfer of the funds and above all the benefits to the entrepreneur

Expecting your early response to the below email: aaronmatins@w.cn




Best regards,
Aaron Martins
Independent Consultant

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