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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: "PAUL" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <paul_okofu1@yahoo.es>
Date: Mon, 23 Mar 2015 07:05:26 -0800
Subject: INVESTMENT

It is my pleasure contacting you and would be happy to make a business
acquaintance with you.We are an established corporate brand operating across
several business spectrum within our business environment. We are presently
seeking international portfolio diversification as a business expansion strategy.
 
Hence, we seek to increasingly invest in profitable early and growth stage or
matured businesses lobally,therefore helping businesses achieve their desired
market objectives through mutually agreed participation strategy. To this end,
we seek to know the possibility of going into partnership discussion with your
company
within your present scope of business.
 
Should you be interested to engage us for a more detailed discussion on the
aforementioned proposal, we would be happy to do so in whatever medium you
find much more appropriate for this engagement.
 
Regards.
 
Paul.

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