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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: Jobert Josiustode <jobert@josiustode.eu>
Date: Wed, 13 Aug 2014 14:26:07 +0200 (CEST)
Subject: Investment program for the project. Amount available for this
investment of 28 million euros

Dear sir
By this e-mail, I declare to you that I had your email address search engine google.fr. I inform you that I am a private investor and I am looking for a very good manager for a capital of 28 million Euros. The manager must find a project of their choice in which it may invest 70% of these funds for a period of 20 years. The amount invested should give 2.5% of output per year. The manager will receive a commission of 30% to the implementation of its project.
As soon as the contract expires, the manager will reimburse 70% of the funds that are entrusted to him. The commission fees received by the manager will not be refunded. The contract for the project is available and I can send it to you, in order to provide you with more information.
Please write to me at my email address (vernetmarc@outlook.com) for a possible Partnership.
Sincerely,
VERNET

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