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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: "Breeze Aleux" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <breezealeux@live.com.my>
Date: Fri, 14 Mar 2008 00:00:56 +0100
Subject: 20012/02-^Offer ^^

Hello,

I am the finance Planning Consultant and associate director of Perfect Million Capital ,one of the Worlds Largest Funds management corporations, I handle all our investors Direct Capital Fund on Excess Maximum Return Capital Profit(EMRCP), this is been used for trading in Stock Market,Crude Oil and lending with Profit Returns.

Every Year, each Corporate Investor is expected to receive his/her Total Investment Capital Fund.Please confirm your interest so i can include your name as one of the corporate investors that will receive their Annual Investment Proceeds for this month after balancing and auditing. We shall share the Proceeds when transferred into your designated bank account based on the expenses to be incured on the process of transaction.

Confirm Your Interest by indicating Your contact Number for discussion of this deal in details .

Upon receiving of your response, I shall be forwarding to you the clarifications ,the guidelines and proceedings.

Best Rgds,
Breeze Aleux
PMC Consultant

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