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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: "INVESTOR - ROBERT KELTY" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <investmentmanager89@yahoo.co.uk>
Date: Fri, 22 Feb 2013 12:30:48 -0800
Subject: SEEKING FOR PROFITING/ GOOD PROJECTS TO INVEST IN.

To you,

I represent a Private Investor based in Europe who has access to 250M EUROS deposited in a secured Vault and in his name, we are seeking a trusted person or entity that can provide good projects where the funds can be invested for yearly returns. Due to the status of our primary investor, his immunity prohibits him from investing the funds directly hence we are seeking for someone who will not seat on the funds but who will be trusted and relied on for investment of the funds. The funds are currently deposited in a secured vault and if interested, send us email so we can provide you details. The funds can be used to build real estates, hotels, Schools,Gas stations, Golf yards, Refinery or any other projects in your Country.

If you have any investment plan or thinking of one where the funds can be invested that can guarantee good profit to investor, then we can work with you and provide you access to the funds. Note we have no particular sector or business in mind. The investor is looking at 10-15% profit returns every year, so if you can offer this when you invest the funds, we can engage in real estate, import,export, film produciton, cinema, 5 star hotel construction, and many more.
Provide us with the below details:

Your full contact details as follows:
Your direct telephone number:
Private email address:
Your Country:
Name of your city:
Age:
Business name if any:
You position/rank in the office:
Do you have valid traveling documents?:

On hearing from you, we will provide you more details. I am confident that you will give your consideration to this proposal and respond positively within a short period of time. I am available to discuss this proposal with you and to answer any questions you may have in regard to this investment. As soon as you give your positive response to this proposal, I will not hesitate in sending you the details information of this great investment partnership opportunity.

I look forward to discussing this opportunity further with you.

Yours Sincerely
Robert Kelty Jr.

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