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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: "Rodrigo Dos Santos" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <rodossantos11@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 14 Feb 2017 04:59:55 -0800
Subject: From Santos

Hello
 
I am an attorney and a principal partner with a law firm in the UK
 
We provide discrete financial  and  legal advisory  services to High Net worth Individuals, CEO's/Executives of Corporations and Senior Government officials Globally.
 
Some of the  clients we are representing  wish  to exit Panama  following  the leakage of the infamous Panama Papers. and subsequent treat by the  International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ) to publish more details and release more list not included in the first one.
 
Practically all fund owners in Panama  are no longer comfortable, And  they wants their accounts closed , and their assets and cash transferred  out  of Panama Offshore location.  To  be invested in the real sector of an economy in any part of the world that have good prospects.
 
At this instance there  is a unique situation that has arisen as a result some prevailing circumstances that affected one of our clients and this will be the sole reason for my reaching out to you.  I will like us to discuss this situation confidentially . After our talks we can be able to conclude firmly if we can collaborate with you to create an enabling environment to work with his funds.
 
If you are very confident and have the capacity to absorb very reasonable sum of money  coming from Panama, kindly response by indicating interest, then we can take it further .
 
Thank you for taking time to read my proposal
 
Yours Sincerely
 
Rodrigo Dos Santos
 

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