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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: Martin Hendron <martinhendron@gmail.com>
Reply-To: martinhendron1@gmail.com
Date: Tue, 14 Mar 2017 12:39:31 +0100
Subject: PLEASE KINDLY HANDLE THIS INVESTMENT

Hello,

My name is MARTIN HENDRON my uncle DAVID MCGUINNESS from Northern Ireland,
United Kingdom of Great Britain.

I am privileged to inform you that he want to invest funds in your country.
He intend to invest in the following sectors: Real estate, Hotel, Mining,
Transportation, Tobacco, Petroleum and Energy etc.


If you think you have a solid background and idea of making good profits in
any of the above mentioned business sectors in your country and you are
interested.

kindly reply me back immediately with your phone number included, for more
details.

I look forward hearing back from you soonest.

Regards.

Martin Hendron

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