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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: Business Promotion <kelvinsuzain@hotmail.com>
Date: Wed, 13 Mar 2013 20:57:14 -0800
Subject: Business Promotion



Att: mr/mrs


I run an international Business Promotion and Consultancy firm and I got
your contact through the internet in my quest for a foreign investment
for one of my clients.

My client is in the precious stone industry and owns mines in Tanzania
and here in Angola. He also used to deal (buy and sell) in diamonds from
Angola and Democratic Republic of Congo (former Zaire) before
international ban was placed on diamonds from war torn countries. Hence
he decided to stop his diamond business and diversify his investment
portfolio by investing abroad in different sector on partnership basis.

The followings are his specifications for your consideration and
immediate attention:

1. Investment capital up to USD $9.5million

2. Area of interest - real estate, hotel, transportation, civil
construction, industries, and fisheries.

3. Shares of partners depending on capital input, therefore subject to
negotiation.

4. Interested party should feed us with the following

(a) Full
Name....................................................................

(b) NATIONALITY..........................................................

(c)
Occupation....................................................................

(d) Home/Mobile Phone Number.........................................

(e)
Sex.......................................................................
.........

(f)
Address...................................................................
......

kelvinsuzain@hotmail.com

Please kindly note that you need not to reply if you are not satisfied
with the above conditions as my client will prefer to deal with somebody
serious as the entire management and running of this venture will be the
person's responsibility, because it will not be possible for my client to
be physically present most of the time in view of his time consuming
commitments with his mine business.

Kindly give this proposal an urgent attention, as my client needs this
information as soon as possible.look forward to your immediate response.

warm regard

kelvinsuzain@hotmail.com

KELVIN MANAGING DIRECTOR



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