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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: "Bello.Nasiru.Abubaka" <belloabubaka011@yahoo.co.uk>
Date: Mon, 24 Feb 2014 18:57:01 +0600
Subject: Reply

Attn:


Partnership From Gulf Region

We represent a group of company based in Gulf Region as an international
investment company with a primary focus on private and public equity in
the Middle East with over 500 billions of private and corporate investment
portfolios.And we are currently seeking means of expanding and relocating
our business interest abroad in the following sectors: Oil/Gas,
Banking,Real estate, stock speculation and mining, transportation, health
sector and tobacco, Communication Services, Agriculture Forestry &
Fishing, thus
any sector.

If you think you have a solid background and idea of making good profit in
any of the mentioned business sectors or any other business in your
country; Please write me for possible business co-operation/Hard Loan
Funding.

More so, we are ready to facilitate and fund any business that is capable
of generating 10%/30% annual return on investment (AROI) JV partnership
and Hard loan funding can also be considered.

Regards,

Bello.Nasiru.Abubaka

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