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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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Fraud email example:

From: "Albert Coleman" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <partnersbase@wss-id.org>
Date: Mon, 22 Apr 2013 23:39:50 -0500
Subject: Portfolio Investment

Partnersbase Investment & Finance

25 Bedford street New York

10004 New York City

USA

Phone: 6466641909

Dear Confidant:

I honestly would apologize and appeal to your better judgment and sense of reasoning in communicating with you in this manner. Firstly let me take the liberty of introducing myself, my firm, and my purpose of communicating with you.

My Name is Albert Coleman and I am a financial service adviser in the above stated company.

As for introducing, our firm provides a wide range of financial services which can be classified into three core areas namely; Business, Public Sector and Private Client/Wealth Management.

Under Business, we offer services that apply to businesses of all shapes and sizes. We also offer under the public sector category, services for public sector organization/clients or other institution, including charities. Whether they are central government, local authority, health trusts educational establishments or emergency services. Also whether it is working as Best Value Partners or delivering high value projects, our teams are committed to service excellence.
The Private Client/Wealth Management category details services available to private individuals including wealth management, which incorporates a wide range of services and provides unrivalled integrated financial advice. It also includes matrimonial, charities and agricultural poverty alleviation services. We may not be the oldest or the largest private financial service rendering company, we nonetheless are unique in the breadth of services we are able to provide private clients, all under one roof.

Our department is divided into specialist teams all of whom work closely together to ensure that we provide the very best service for our clients.

Our wealth management service forms the core of the private client department. Our experienced teams bring together a wealth of expertise covering all aspects of personal, trust, charity and financial advice. It is unrivaled in its commitment, zeal and experience, providing the highest quality fee based service in the United States and Canada.

I need not say more as I am certain that the major stock exchanges would attest to the quality of service we have rendered to them since doing business with them and I am certain you will too, in the very future.

Now the main reason of contacting you is that my company has been given a mandate by major players in the Tokyo stock exchange in Japan, as well as the NYSE and NASDAQ in the United States to try and restore investors confidence back into the market as financial investments has critically waned and down turned since the recent world financial crash.

In doing this we have decided to help individuals in financial crisis ranging from defaulters in credit card payments and defaults in revolving equity line of credit settle all their financial problems. Our key and strategic point of start is the advanced countries of USA and Canada before moving to other areas of the world.

MODE OF OPERATION:

We would be funded through third payment investment outfits to help you settle your debt problems, as funds would be sent to you to take care of these problems through a strategic repayment plan we are designing for our would be clients.

However as soon as your debt situation is resolved, we would expect you to plough back a certain percentage of the funds that has been given you, into your personal portfolio in your name and in the financial system where you reside. This percentage as would be decided by our financial experts would help in rebuilding your position in the financial, stock and property market as well as restore investors confidence in you.

Note that you would not be spending a cent of your own rather you would be turning your disadvantaged financial position to an advantage in ownership of stock, bonds and properties.For a start i would need you send me the following information.

Full names and address,phone number, age,occupation.


Please I would appreciate if you get back to me on 6466641909 or email for further details of the strategic debt payment plan.

Yours Truly


Albert Coleman

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