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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: "MIC N." <micnp08@gmail.com>
Reply-To: micnp02@gmail.com
Date: Sun, 7 Sep 2014 06:27:49 -0700
Subject: FOR YOUR REPLY

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Hello,

I am Micheal, i represent my principal,the principal investor, name,
location and other vital security information’s are withheld from you
at this stage for security reason till when you indicate your sincere
interest to work alongside with me. The principal has a fund that runs
in several millions of US dollars to invest. I need you to be my
investment partner,co-manager,the investment fund beneficiary and fund
receiver into your country.

The fund will be invested into any legitimate and lucrative venture
you will suggest,if you are interested, reply with your full
information and contact details such as address and phone numbers to
enable me to give you the full details and teams including profit
sharing. Every aspect of the project must be executed under a
legitimate process that will protect us from any breach of the law.

I wait for your reply.
Regard
Micheal.

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