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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: "HARISH PARMAR" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <rix40400@yahoo.com>
Date: Tue, 5 Dec 2017 03:01:14 -0600
Subject: LETS DO IT NOW

Greetings,

My Name is Harish Parmar , a Consultant Capital Trust Fund based in United Kingdom.

we are currently seeking means of expanding and relocating our business interest abroad in the following sectors:Tourism,Hotel &Apartment,Education Sector, Health sector,Real estate ,Agriculture Forestry & Fishing, thus any sector of your advice If you think you have a good background and idea of making good profit in any of the mentioned business sectors or any other business in your country.

Please write me for possible business co-operation. you can tell us more about your business for more expansion More so, we are ready to facilitate and fund any business that is capable of generating 10% annual return on investment (AROI) JV partnership and Hard loan funding can also be considered.

I await to hear from you for more detail and procedure .

Thank you.
Sincerely,
Harish Parmar
Principal Consultant

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