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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: Daniel Eldagen <test@modzona.com>
Reply-To: jsrbs24@yahoo.com
Date: Sat, 01 Jul 2017 13:26:54 +0200
Subject: Project Funding



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Attn:

After the Investment Conference Summit held by Bahrain chamber of
Commerce last month which I attended, we have been obliged with some
Finance & Investment duties by some of the Investors who attended the
summit to assist in fishing out good investment opportunities globally
for proper investment financing.

The purpose of this business coach of finance is to alert you of our
Investors' Global diversification quest which you have the opportunity
to take advantage of you if you have a business investment project that
lacks funding.

Currently we are working to expand our investors' ROI (Return on
Investment) base globally. Some of our recent accomplishments can even
be referenced by many prominent companies worldwide.

As an accredited Finance mediator to many prominent investors who
attended the last Summit organized by the Chamber of Commerce Bahrain, I
hereby tender this offer of Finance Platform for funding to you in case
you have a business project that needs funding.

Financing is not merely about number of millions available but about the
satisfying sacrifice investors are willing to give and that is what we
offer.

I wait for your response.

Best Regards
Daniel Eldagen

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