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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: "MR.PATRICK MBALI" <mr.patrickmbali12@gmail.com>
Reply-To: "MR.PATRICK MBALI" <mr.patrickmbali@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 5 Jan 2015 14:48:53 +0000 (UTC)
Subject: From : Mr.Patrick Mbali --------Funds Investments




Stratford, LondonE15 9DQCell -+447872204722  From : Mr.Patrick Mbali --------Funds Investments  My client is interested on JV partnership with you acting as the managerand sole controller of the investment while he remain a silent investor for aperiod of ten years. The amount involve is USD71 Million.The owner of this fund Mr.MoussaMohammed,the former personal adviser to the Late military Libyan dictatorGeneral Gaddafi and In this project hewish to remain a silent investor/partnerfor a period of TEN(10) and he does not want his government to know that he isinvesting outside his country. To proceed, please provide me with a workable business/project plan, amountyou required for funding and the following details, to enable us study itbefore we take further decision. As a silent investor he do not want hisgovernment to know that he is investing outside his country. 1-Introduction and description of your company. 2-Your Full name 1.2-Your Home/Office address 1.3-Your phone/mobile numbers 3-The Type of business that you are running and sector of activities 4-The exact amount you require for the stated/intended projects. 5-Investment of concern. Please Specify the sector of investment of yourinterest: (indicate if you have more than 1 choice in mind). 6-Budget and volume of investment projected by your company. Please specifythe volume budget that you requires for this investment in Dollars currency. 7-Net profit requested. Please specify the expected net profit that yourcompany is expecting from this investment. FINALLY AND MOST IMPORTANTLY, SEND ME YOUR BUSINESS /PROJECT PLAN FOR STUDYAND I WILL REVERT BACK TO YOU. Contact me on my private e-mail :  mr.patrickmbali@gmail.com Let me hear from you asap. Best regards, Mr.Patrick MbaliPO Box 68614Stratford, LondonE15 9DQCell -+447872204722  CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE: The information contained in this email includingattachments  is confidential. It may alsobe legally privileged. If you are not the addressee you may not copy, forward,disclose or use any part of it.If  you have received this message inerror, please delete it and all copies from your system and notify the sender immediately by return E-mail.  Any review, retransmission,dissemination, ortaking of any action in  reliance uponthis information by anyone other than the intended  recipient is prohibited. Internetcommunications cannot be guaranteed to be timely, secure, error or virus-free. The sender does not acceptliability for any errors or omissions. Thank you.






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