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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: Andy yuan <tianze20.tianzemetal@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 23 Jul 2015 19:16:04 +0300
Subject: For you

Greetings,

I represent a business group in Gulf region looking for projects to fund;
we seek any business that will guaranty a safe and secure return on
investments.
Alternative powers, movies, real estate, aggro allied, health related
start-up companies etc.
We are also looking for commercial building projects, hotels, casino,strip
malls etc.

If you have a project that differs from these and current budget is over
$20M, Write us and Provide Executive Summary and project details. 100%
financing is available.
Possible JV partnerships or 100% long term loans. Project must be over
$20M total budget.
I look forward to your reply
Andy Yuan

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