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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: "Mrs Louise Brown" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <mrslouisebrown@mail2consultant.com>
Date: Wed, 23 Aug 2017 21:54:36 -0700
Subject: Financing of Project/Business Proposal

Hello,


Do you have any Business or project right now that can take in USD Four Hundred and Eighty Million in full or in tranches (Parts) as investment capital?

If you are in anyway interested, do let me know so that we can discuss details.

Disregard this message if you are not interested.

Regards,
Mrs Louise Brown
Email: mrslouisebrown@mail2consultant.com



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