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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: "Agent to Investors" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <michaellopezinvestors@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 26 Mar 2017 21:22:40 +0100
Subject: INVESTMENT PROPOSAL

My name is Dr Micheal Lopez, A Chief Consultant of M&L MANAGEMENT CONSULTING FIRM .I am a financial expert who mostly represent the interests of extremely wealthy individuals,I am writing to you to express my interest to establish a mutually acceptable partnership between you and my client,I am representing an investor who is interested in overseas investment involving large volume of funds, for which we seek your participation as an overseas representative to
handle the investment. My client has some money from his business savings he wants to invest under qualified foreign partnership. If you feel disposed towards the solicited role,please indicate by prompt response, so that I may provide you further details of the cooperation. Bear in mind however, that this is a legitimate transaction and I look forward to your prompt response.

If you feel we can do this together judiciously, Information below is necessary,
1. Full Name...
2. Address....
3. Occupation...
4. Age..........
5. Your Telephone Number.
6. Country.......

Best Regards
Dr Micheal Lopez
My contact email address:( michaellopez2016@mail.ru ) As soon as i received these information i will send more detailsINVESTMENT

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