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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 Peter Boateng" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <peter_boateng1@outlook.com>
Date: Mon, 14 Nov 2016 13:01:31 +0300
Subject: Acknowledge receipt of this message

Good-Day!
 
 
My name is Peter Boateng, a registered Forex Broker with ETX Capital. I am Soliciting On-Behalf of a private Client of a reputable financial institution who held a Government Position in his Country and wishes to invest some reasonable sum of money into a specified investment field such as Medical & Laboratory Equipment, Real Estates, Trading and other lucrative investments you have in mind to introduce.
 
 
My Client has primary background knowledge in some of the above mentioned investment field and has supporting documents from the United Nations Department of Health that will be presented for the Source of Funds which relates to the above stated.
I was given the mandate to perform in this project with target and criteria of dealings, hence I carried out a private search and came across your data. I hope you have the ability, interest, workforce and strength to partner with my submission on any capacity, be it as an independent client, Joint Venture or
partnership as the main priority of my client is to re-profile and safe-guard his funds.
 
 
My Client is willing to negotiate Management Sharing Percentage upon hearing back from you. I shall make available to you all necessary documentations, directives and possibly arrange a meeting prior to the commencement of the transaction with my client for your re-assurance that you will be dealing legitimately with someone with high reputation.
 
 
Please, if you are interested in my business proposal and wish to discuss further details regarding the Investment Amount, your Management Sharing Percentage and how to wire-transfer the investments Amount to your bank account or preferably deliver through Diplomatic Courier channel which is also very secured and prompt.
Due to my client’s reputation, I will appreciate if you treat this letter and its contents as top confidential to ensure maximum protection of all parties involved. I am expecting to hear from you as soon as possible. Thank you.
 
 
Sincerely,
Mr Peter Boateng
Phone: +233-23-8485504

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