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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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Fraud email example:

From: Tom West <k.zakaria@polaris.com.et>
Reply-To: Tom West <tomwest2015@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 14 Mar 2016 01:44:42 +0300 (EAT)
Subject: HELLO




Dear Friend,

My name is Mr.Tom West, I am establishing this contact with you based on trust and in utmost confidence,having considered you highly reputable and capable of assistance to my understated business proposal.I want to invest in a good business over there in your country, I have some fund amounted (£8,000,000.00) Eight million British Pounds, Please highlight me on other areas to invest the fund in your country, my interest goes to real estate development and building materials. But if you have any other areas which you knows that will be good and profitable for us to invest this fund there in your country, then do let me know when replying this mail:

I will provide you with further information as soon as I hear positively from you.

Mr.Tom West.
Company: Carling Investments Limited Enterprise House,
Address: c22 Whitchurch Road, Cardiff CF14 3LX, United Kingdom.
Company Reg No 05355684)
Website: https://www.companiesintheuk.co.uk/ltd/carling-investments

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