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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: "Azal Narziev" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <azal.narziev@vaqmail.com>
Date: Fri, 3 Jul 2015 18:13:46 +0800
Subject: Investment

USM HOLDINGS
OFFICE 2 GRESWOLDE HOUSE
197B STATION ROAD KNOWLE
SOLIHULL,WEST MIDLANDS
B93 0PU UNITED KINGDOM

Dear Sir/ MA,

I am Asal Narziev, the youngest nephew of Alisher Usmanov; the owner of USM Holdings Limited and it is a diversified, international company with significant interests across the metals and mining, telecoms, and media sectors. It was established in 2012 to consolidate the various investments and holdings of Alisher Usmanov, Russian steel and mining magnate. I have advised him several times to stretch his investment to other continents as i know there are lot of good investments that can be done in other countries other than only the UK and USA but he has not been keen on doing that.

I am the Regional manager of the USM holding limited and my office is housed on the above address in the United Kingdom. I have personally grown and increased the company's net worth to £12.3Billion Pounds in 2012. As a Regional Manager I am financially aware and I have taken control of the key accounts for the hubs and branches of my region and because of my technical-know-how and versatility in business expansion, I have foreseen that also investing in some other countries and a place where foreign investors are whole heartedly welcomed to invest their funds will yield more than enough profit.

My proposition is to step down on my position and detach myself from the family business so I can set up my own personal money spinning venture in any country other than the United Kingdom since Alisher Usmanov refused to yield to my advise. I am sending you this message to co-opt you as a partner in helping me set up a business of my own in your country with a nest egg bond of £15MILLION(Fifteen million Pounds) that I have hidden somewhere which cannot be traced to my name or the USM holdings Limited for a master plan investment of my own.

I will appreciate a prompt response as soon as you receive this message to indicate if you are interested in my joint business proposal and state clearly the area of business investment plan you feel I should venture into.

Send me your response via this email address: azal.narziev@vaqmail.com

Yours sincerely,
Azal Narziev

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