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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: "JAMES TOBO" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <jamestobo11@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 2 Aug 2017 11:28:10 -0700
Subject: FROM JAMES TOBO


Hello, how are you?
I, need your help very urgently.There is a client of mine who will like to partner and invest into your business.
She is seeking for foreign partnership in Joint Ventures. She is someone that I have dealt with before now.

She wants to move funds she has in South Africa with the help of a partner who will work with them in claiming the funds and
investing for them in a partnership with someone.

My client’s names is Mrs Zuma who has funds linked with the Mossack Fonseca of the recent Panama papers.

She seeks to immediately move of these funds for investment purpose as soon as possible if you canbe of urgent help.

Please reply : jamestobo11@gmail.com

Please get back to me.
Regards,

James Tobo


Please reply : jamestobo11@gmail.com

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