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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.Paishon Clement" <paishonclemts@gmail.com>
Reply-To: paishonclement555@gmail.com
Date: Wed, 17 Feb 2016 15:36:01 +0400
Subject: Info




With due respect,

I am Mr.Paishon Clement, and i worked for South Coast Inc Kuala
Lumpur Malaysia, a fund investment sub under Capital One Bank. We
handle major investment security funds deposit, for regular and some
high profile customers under Capital One Bank. And we handle Investors
Treasury Bill Deposit which gives most bankers access to trade with
Investors funds some time, on private arrangement.

And a special and high profile investor whom i managed his file before
i retired is now trusting me to find a suitable and capable partner to
manage his security fund deposit in a physical investment project.

I would love to discuss details if you are interested as it will
greatly benefit you.I look forward to your earnest response and
further discussion about the proposal.

For more information please contact me. Thanks as i anticipate your
understanding and cooperation.

With Regards,
Mr. Paishon Clement.


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