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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: <leonardb15@Investment793.onmicrosoft.com>
Reply-To: <mrleonardb@live.com>
Date: Wed, 18 Dec 2013 11:37:19 -0800
Subject: INVESTMENT PARTNERSHIP!!

Season Greeting to you,
Actually I got an information from British chambers of commerce and industry here in UK, that your country is one of the fast growing countries today so i needed a partnership to invest in property in your country. Please furnish me with detail info regarding the property and last selling price. I'm from United Kingdom and wish to invest in your country but I need a reliable person that can come in as a working partner while I finance the investment. And my budget is four million five hundred thousand dollars ($4,500,000)
I need a perfect gentleman and God fearing person to make the above a success. Please Swiftly revert back to me so that we can proceed if only you can partner to supervise and manage my investment in your country.

1 Full Name
2 Your mobile number
3 Resident Address
4 Id proof

As soon as i receive this details from you i will be sending you the necessary document that will enables us proceed on the issue of the investment or how to arrange the money and send it to you in your country. this document covers the money for investment anywhere in the world without any problem, i will also be giving you my flight schedule when am coming to see the properties and a round table meeting thanks and i await your details,

Best Regards,
MR LEONARD BLAVATNIK
+448719744382

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