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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: "Majid Al-Shaikh" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <majedhussain@superposta.com>
Date: Fri, 10 Feb 2012 01:21:56 +0900
Subject: RE: INVESTOR CAN WE WORK FOR IT??

compliments!
My wife and I are high net worth investor and we provide equity capital for start up and growing Engineering, Medical and scientific
application companies.We are looking for a viable venture we can invest into and we came across your business in the course
of our research.
Kindly email to us an executive summary of your business if you are interested in  utilizing our funds.
Thank you.
Sincerely,
Al-Shaikh Majid[Mr]
NOTE: PLEASE KINDLY SEND THE REQUESTED EXECUTIVE SUMMARY OF YOUR
BUSINESS.
 

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