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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: FATIMATOU MAIGA <fatimatou.maiga@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 25 Oct 2014 16:29:28 +0200
Subject: =?UTF-8?Q?Vorschlag_f=C3=BCr_eine_Finanzierung_f=C3=BCr_Ihre_Projekte?=

Hallo,

Damit Köpfe der Unternehmen, Einzelpersonen, Projektleitern und
Menschen in finanziellen Schwierigkeiten, die mit ihren Projekten, wie
ein privater Investor, ich mache für alle Personen in Not der
Finanzierung, Investitionen in Form von Investitions eine sehr
günstige Voraussetzung.

Ich bin gespannt, in jedem Projekt unabhängig von ihrer Natur und
ihren Finanzbedarf für dieses Projekt zu investieren. Ich bin
verfügbar, um alle Förderanträge zu prüfen und Sie mit dem Betrag, den
Sie für die sofortige Einführung des Projekts benötigt werden.

Für weitere Informationen, bitte informieren Sie mich über Ihr Projekt
und der Menge suchen.

Vielen Dank für Ihr Verständnis.
Frau Reynath DALMARES

Hello,

To allow heads of businesses, individuals, project leaders and people
in financial difficulties with their projects, as a private investor,
I am making available to all persons in need of funding, investment in
the form of investment a very favorable condition.

I will be interested to invest in any project whatever its nature and
its financial needs for this project. I am available to examine all
requests for funding and to provide you with the amount you needed for
the immediate launch of your project.

For more details, please give me details about your project and the
amount search.

Thank you for your understanding.
Ms. Reynath DALMARES

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