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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: Peeter Pikka <peeter.pikka@outlook.com>
Date: Sun, 7 Sep 2014 14:20:19 +0300
Subject: THE BEST INVESTMENT OPPORTUNITY FOR YOU IN YOUR LIFE!!! (BOOK
SELLING)


CONDITIONS ARE SIMPLE:- YOU INVEST TO MY BANK ACCOUNT (DATA GIVEN BELOW) AT MINIMUM 10 KEUR AND MAXIMUM 100 KEUR FROM SINGLE SOURCE- ANNUAL INTEREST RATE 20%- YOU WILL GET BACK MONEY FROM ONLY THE SINGLE SOURCE WHICH IS MY COMPENSATION PACKET AT MINIMUM 660 MEUR AT ONCE + THE UN CONSCIENCE + I WILL GET THE TRUTH FROM ESTONIAN DOCTORS ABOUT WRONG DIAGNOSES THEY GAVE TO ME WHICH ARE PSYCHOSIS, MANIAC SCHIZOPHRENIA. ANXIETY DISORDER AND ALLERGY FROM BENZOTAL (LASTS ALREADY 7 MONTH)- THE COMPENSATION PACKET AND TRUTH AS YOU ALEREADY KNOW ARE INEVITABLE BUT I DO NOT KNOW WHEN HUMANS START RULE THE UNITED NATION HUMAN RIGHTS DEPARTMENT (MAY DEPEND OF YOU)- NO CONTRACTS WHATSOEVER. ONLY TRUSTING ME!!! THE SIGN THAT I HAVE RECEIVED MY COMPENSATION PACKET IS THAT I DRIVE PORSCHE, HAVE A NEW HOUSE AND A BOAT (PRINCESS 43 AT AS FIRST TRY :)- FIRST ROUND INVESTMENTS ROUND IS 5 MEUR- IF CONDITIONS CHANGE THEY WILL BE VALID IN FUTURE NOT BACKWARDS (E.G PERCENTAGE CHANGE ETC.)- I RETURN MONEY WITH INTEREST BACK TO YOUR BANK ACCOUNT FROM WHERE I RECEIVED IT- THIS IS NOT BUSINESS BUT I AM ASKING A HELP AS A FREE PERSON. SO HOW YOU WILL DECLARE THIS PROFIT IN FUTURE IS YOUR CONCERN- THIS OFFER IS NOT VALID TO ESTONIAN SIN THE CURRENT E-MAIL TO: LIST EXCEPT KAIDO SAARMA (SPECIAL CONDITIONS BELOW BECAUSE YOU HAD POSSIBILITY TO GIVE ME A LOAN BUT YOU HAVE NOT DONE SO). ALL OTHERS MUST GIVE ME NON RETURNABLE LOAN FROM THEIR SAVINGS AND SELLING THEIR PROPERTY (MIRRORING) EXCEPT MEELIS KINGISEPP WHO IS A BUSINESSMAN WITHOUT ANY MONEY :)))- IN CASE I RECEIVE MY COMPENSATION PACKET AND TRUTH, THEN THE OFFER IS AUTOMATICALLY NOT VALID ANYMORE AND I WILL NOTIFY YOU (OR YOU SEE RIDING WITH PORSCHE). ANY TRANSFER MADE BEFORE THAT WILL BE RETURNED!


KADIO SAARMA - REMEMBER WHEN WE ABOUT 3 YEARS AGO MET IN PIRITA JAHTKLUBI RESTORAN (AFTER I SENT TO YOU A GREETINGS THROUGH EINAR LAANE I MET IN "ESTPAK DATA" GATHERING 3 YEARS AGO). YOU THEN PROPOSED ME A INVESTMENT IF I HAVE A GOOD BUSINESS IDEA. ALSO I KNOW THAT YOU WILL KEEP 100% BUSINESS AND FRIENDSHIP SEPARATE WHICH IS GOOD IDEA I THINK.SO HER IT IS THE BEST BUSINESS CASE FOR YOU! WITH 100% GUARANTEED RETURN, BUT CONDITIONS FOR YOU ARE:- 20% INTEREST A YEAR IF TRANSFER TO ONE OF MY BANK ACCOUNTS IS MADE TODAY AND AT MINIMUM 100 KEUR- 15% INTEREST A YEAR IF TRANSFER TO ONE OF MY BANK ACCOUNTS IS MADE DURING TOMORROW AND AT MINIMUM 100 KEUR- ON TUESDAY THE OFFER FOR YOU IS NOT VALID ANYMORE- OTHER CONDITIONS ARE SAME AS ABOVE!!!
SO IN CASE KAIDO SAARMA IS NOT ONLINE AND READING E-MAIL AND ESTONIAN TRANSVESTITE "FAMILY" WANST TO EARN JUST A LITTLE BIT A respect, THEN CALL HIM AND MAKE HIM DO A TRANSFER TODAY ASAP FROM HIS MOBILE DEVICE AND AS BIG AS POSSIBLE!!! NB!!!! INSIDE BANK TRANSFER WORK 24 X 7!!!!
IT IS NO MORE NO LESS THAN TEST OF YOUR HEART, DICK, BALLS AND MIND!!!
MY BANK ACCOUNT DATA:SWEDBANKPEETER PIKKAACCOUN NUMBER: EE342200221008479470SWIFT/BIC-kood – HABAEE2XADDRESS: Swedbank AS, 8 Liivalaia Street, 15040 Tallinn, Estonia
SEB BANKPEETER PIKKAEE901010011664264229BIC (SWIFT kood): EEUHEE2XADDRESS: Tornimäe 2, Tallinn, Estonia
PEETER


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