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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. Nish Basson" <xx@yy.com>
Reply-To: mrnishbasson1@gmail.com
Date: Tue, 04 Jul 2017 05:55:20 -0700
Subject: Investment Proposal



My name is Mr. Nish Basson am the Auditor General of Investec Bank Limited Johannesburg. I want to invest US$158 Million in partnership with you in your country if you are interested. I got your contact from LinkedIn. If I can trust you, we can do good business together. If you are interested, send your reply to: mrnishbasson1@gmail.com and I will give you more information about the above sum.

Thanks.Mr. Nish Basson
Auditor General, Investec Bank Limited
Directline: +2773326 6565
Fax: +27865160260

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