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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: Mr Felix R cox Jr <gwen38g@gmail.com>
Reply-To: felix_cox.jr@rediffmail.com
Date: Mon, 17 Aug 2015 07:02:09 -0700
Subject: Re:INVESTMENT/PROJECT FUNDING

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Sir/Madam

Two reputable men who made it to the Billionaire Middle East Rich List
are willing to fund projects, start-ups or ongoing projects. They will
be willing to inject from $1,000,000 up to $900,000,000 USD and more
in a viable project.(import/export) All investment funds to be
processed in the USA .

If you have a viable project that needs funding or you know who has
such projects, kindly Send us your business plan or contact me at this
email: felix_cox.jr@rediffmail.com for further discussions and
possible funding. YOU ARE NOT SPENDING A CENT OF YOUR OWN UNTIL
PROJECT COMPLETED & CONDITIONS REACHED.

Yours faithfully,
felix_cox.jr@rediffmail.com

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