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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: "Sir. Terry Leahy" <investmentproject700@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: sirterry080@gmail.com
Date: Mon, 27 Aug 2012 05:05:35 -0500
Subject:




Attn,

I am pleased to solicit your sincere and urgent assistance over this
matter, My name is (Sir Terry Leahy).I am seeking for your
co-operation and devotion in building a company or Real Estate in your
country,I planned to invest with your 100% assistance. However, I do
not know any investor in your country who I may trust to handle the
business for me as I am a foreigner and will likely travel back to my
country as soon as formal agreement is signed and the funds invested
in a viable business of your choice.I apologize for any inconveniences
if this is not your field of profession. How ever, I need an
experienced personnel to assist me to set up this project successfully.

I estimated a huge sum of money for this project, which I will
transfer as soon as possible immediately our discussion is positive
and sealed. On the resumption of this project, you will be a member of
the governing board as Director of works and project Management.I am
prepared to give you 10% of the total sum before investment and 30% of
the profit realized for 5 years. I will inform my attorney to prepare
a memorandum of understanding which we should sign on my arrival.

Your immediate reply will be highly appreciated and I shall give you
more detailed information concerning this project. Please if you have
any interest for this project,correspond through my private email
address: sir.terryl72@gmail.com for us to discuss further.

Respectfully,
Sir. Terry Leahy

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