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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: mattewjoe73@yahoo.com
Reply-To: mattewjoe73@gmail.com
Date: Mon, 08 Feb 2016 16:58:29 +0000
Subject: Investment

Good day,

My Name is Mattew K Joe from the Rep. of Congo, Permit me to inform you of my desire of seeking your assistance towards investment, I really want to place this urgent matter in your care because I need you to help me invest my funds in a lucrative business of any kind in your country, I have an inherited funds presently in an off shore center in Europe (Crown AG Offshore Center) in Lichtenstein.


The funds was transferred by my first partner Mr. Brent Grant who was from British Colombia in Canada, he was also a friend and business associates to my late father, After the death of my father an agreement was signed between me and Mr. Brent Grant to assist me invest the funds and to also relocate me to his country Canada.


Mr. Grant was unable to conclude the transaction because he fell ill and was rushed to the hospital for surgery when he arrived in Canada to conclude arrangement for the funds to hit his account in Canada from Crown AG Offshore Center, but unfortunately for Me he did not make back from the surgery alive because he passed away 2 weeks ago from a brain tumor illness, may his gentle soul rest in peace.


If you are interested to work with me to conclude this transaction I will introduce you to Crown AG Offshore Center in Lichtenstein as my new partner so you can continue from where Mr. Grant left off, I will also forward to you every details including the details of the above mentioned bank in Lichtenstein so you can open up communications with them on how the funds would be transferred to your account.


Please Note! that before we proceed an agreement would be drafted by a lawyer here and signed by the both of us regarding your pledging to be my new partner and also that you will not act otherwise when the funds gets into your account and that you are willing to relocate me also to your country as soon as the transaction is concluded. I will also include in the agreement a sharing pattern of 10% from the total sum to you for your assistance and 5% for any expense that will incur during the process of this transaction because they were some documentation’s that was required from my first partner Mr. Grant in other for the funds to get to his account in Canada, after which you will now assist me to invest the rest in a lucrative business of your choice in your country for me to start a better life with, please get back to me with your phone number for swift communication and better explanation if you are interested.

Yours Truly

Mattew K Joe

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