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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: Alex Ronald <alexronalduuz@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 22 Apr 2014 18:54:07 -0700
Subject: BUSINESS RELATIONSHIP

Hello Sir/Madam,
In continuation of your esteemed contact
which I got through website directory and your choice as my prospective
partner.
I'm interested in appointing you as partner,I and my colleague in the
financial department have about (US$4.5million),United States dollars that
we want to move out of the country.
My partner and I need someone,a foreigner that we can trust to actualize
this venture. This money is from Gold and diamond sales with other natural
resources producing proceed and is 100% Free Risk and does not related to
any evil act such as Money Laundry or Drug Money but come from good source.
However, I really know that you will be surprise about how I got your
information, I got your email contact through website directory while
searching for a reliable source for the progress of this transaction.I
believe that you might be in the position to help us with this deal,Can I
trust you in this transaction? as the Almighty God sent you to me and
please keep this deal to yourself only because this fund will be deliver to
you in a short time from now for good security of our fund,meanwhile we
intend to come to your country for meeting before investing all the fund in
any lucrative business in your country such as
cruise,hotels/restaurants,real estate and other business that is profitable.
Finally once the transaction has been finally successful the ratio of our
sharing will be discuss in our meeting,if you agree to work with us for
the success of this business please do reply me immediately,
Best Regard
Alex Ronald.

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