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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: "Peter Dargle" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <peter.dargle@yandex.com>
Date: Tue, 21 Jul 2015 19:31:44 +0100
Subject: My interest To Invest Good Money With Trust!

Hello,

My name is Peter Dargle and i want to confirm to you my interest to invest good money with trust,I know this message will definitely come to you as a huge surprise but i implore you to consider it for mutual benefit,i have a business proposition involving a huge sum of money 12.5 million If you will be kind enough to grant me the permission,I'll be glad to give further details.kindly reply me via my private-email : ptdgle@gmail.com

Thank You,
Peter

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